Remittances and corruption

Aziz N. Berdiev; Yoonbai Kim; Chun Ping Chang

doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2012.10.008

Remittances and corruption

Aziz N. Berdiev, Yoonbai Kim, Chun Ping Chang

Economics

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Abstract

We examine the effect of remittances on corruption using panel data for 111 countries over the period of 1986-2010. We find that remittances increase corruption, especially in non-OECD countries.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	182-185
Number of pages	4
Journal	Economics Letters
Volume	118
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2012.10.008
State	Published - Jan 2013

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We thank the editor and an anonymous referee for helpful comments and suggestions. Chun-Ping Chang is grateful to the National Science Council of Taiwan for financial support through grant NSC 100-2410-H-158-003 . All remaining errors are our own.

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We thank the editor and an anonymous referee for helpful comments and suggestions. Chun-Ping Chang is grateful to the National Science Council of Taiwan for financial support through grant NSC 100-2410-H-158-003 . All remaining errors are our own.

Funders	Funder number
National Science Council	100-2410-H-158-003

Keywords

Corruption
Panel data
Remittances

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Finance
Economics and Econometrics

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