As is increasingly recognised in academic literature and by international organisations,
corruption acts as a major deterrent to growth and development. The aim of this survey is to …

Corruption is a major obstacle to economic development. It reduces domestic investment,
discourages foreign direct investment, inflates government spending, and shifts government …

Why has China grown so fast for so long despite vast corruption? In China's Gilded Age,
Yuen Yuen Ang maintains that all corruption is harmful, but not all types of corruption hurt …

The present inquiry addresses the nexus between the development of electronic
government and corruption in the provision of public sector services in developing and …

The study analyzes the impact of corruption and natural resources on economic growth by
incorporating the role of per capita income and Information Communication Technologies …

This paper uses panel data from African countries and a dynamic panel estimator to
investigate the effects of corruption on economic growth and income distribution. I find that …

We examine empirically the direct and indirect effects of natural resource abundance on
economic growth. Natural resources have a negative impact on growth if considered in …

It is a common assumption that regions within the same country converge to approximately
the same steady-state income levels. The so-called absolute convergence hypothesis …

Corruption is generally defined as the misuse of public authority, and political corruption is
here defined as corruption in which the political decision-makers are involved. In addition to …

Political corruption has traditionally been presented as a phenomenon characteristic of
developing countries, authoritarian regimes, or societies in which the value system favored …