The transition of corruption: From poverty to honesty

被引：74

作者：

Gundlach, Erich ^{[1
]}

Paldam, Martin ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Kiel Inst World Econ, D-24100 Kiel, Germany

[2] Univ Aarhus, Sch Econ & Management, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark

来源：

ECONOMICS LETTERS | 2009年 / 103卷 / 03期

关键词：

Long-run development; Corruption; Biogeography;

D O I：

10.1016/j.econlet.2009.03.002

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

Prehistoric measures of biogeography are used as instruments for modern income levels. We find that our instrumented incomes explain the cross-country pattern of corruption just as well as actual incomes, so the long-run causality appears to be entirely from income to corruption. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：146 / 148

页数：3

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