Corruption and the composition of government expenditure

被引：740

作者：

Mauro, P ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Int Monetary Fund, Washington, DC 20431 USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ECONOMICS | 1998年 / 69卷 / 02期

关键词：

corruption; public expenditure; education; health;

D O I：

10.1016/S0047-2727(98)00025-5

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

This paper asks whether predatory behavior by corrupt politicians distorts the composition of government expenditure. Corruption is found to reduce government spending on education in a cross section of countries. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science S.A.

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页码：263 / 279

页数：17

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