International Congress on Eurasian Economies

International Conference on Eurasian Economies

11-13 October 2012 – Almaty, KAZAKHSTAN

Paper detail

Paper ID : 406
Status : Paper published
Language : Turkish
Topic : Growth and Development
Presenter: Prof. Dr. Ömer Selçuk Emsen
Session : 1B Büyüme ve Gelişme I

Determinants of Corruption and their Relationship to Growth
Yolsuzluğun Belirleyicileri ve Büyüme ile İlişkileri

Abstract

Corruption defined as the exploitation of the public institute for personal benefit has displayed itself in many societies in different ways throughout the history. Lack of information regarding presence and pervasiveness of corruption in central planning economies has been removed as a result of a transition to free market economies and the phenomenon of corruption has begun to be examined through diverse angles. Thus, in this study, the determinants of corruption were investigated and corruption-growth relationship was examined between 2002 and 2010. As for the parameters believed to determine corruption, openness of economy, size of the public, economic freedom, political stability, GDP per capita, urbanization growth rate, inflation, EBRD and HDI index regarding education and health were taken into consideration. Investigation of the relationship between the CPI (Corruption index) and the aforementioned variables and corruption-growth relationship were analyzed by means of panel data analysis.

JEL codes: K42, O43, P36

Gerni, Mine, Emsen, Ömer Selçuk, Özdemir, Dilek, Buzdağlı, Özge (2012). "Determinants of Corruption and their Relationship to Growth" in Proceedings of International Conference of Eurasian Economies 2012, pp.131-139, Almaty, KAZAKHSTAN.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.36880/C03.00406

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Session 1B: Büyüme ve Gelişme I

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