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Eight Questions about Corruption

Published:2005-08-01 Issue:3 Volume:19 Page:19-42
ISSN:0895-3309
Container-title:Journal of Economic Perspectives
language:en
Short-container-title:Journal of Economic Perspectives

Author:

Svensson Jakob¹

Affiliation:

1. Assistant Professor, Institute for International Economic Studies, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden; Senior Economist, Development Research Group, World Bank, Washington, D.C.; and Research Fellow, Center for Economic Policy Research, London, United Kingdom.

Abstract

This paper will discuss eight frequently asked questions about public corruption: (1) What is corruption? (2) Which countries are the most corrupt? (3) What are the common characteristics of countries with high corruption? (4) What is the magnitude of corruption? (5) Do higher wages for bureaucrats reduce corruption? (6) Can competition reduce corruption?( 7) Why have there been so few (recent) successful attempts to fight corruption? (8) Does corruption adversely affect growth?

Publisher

American Economic Association

Subject

Economics and Econometrics,Economics and Econometrics

Link

https://pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdf/10.1257/089533005774357860

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