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Empirical determinants of corruption: a sensitivity analysis
- Abstract:
- Many variables have been proposed by past studies as significant determinants of corruption. This paper asks if their estimated impact on corruption is robust to alteration of the information set. A Global Sensitivity Analysis, based on the Leamer's Extreme-Bounds Analysis give a clear answer: five variables are robustly related to corruption. Corruption is lower in richer countries, where democratic institutions have been preserved for a long continuous period, and the population is mainly Protestant. Corruption is instead higher where political instabiity is a major problem. Finally, a country's colonial heritage appears to be a significant determinant of present corruption.
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- Publisher:
- University of Oxford
- Series:
- Department of Economics Discussion Paper Series
- Publication date:
- 2005-02-01
- Paper number:
- GPRG-WPS-012
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