The transition of corruption: From poverty to honesty

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2009
Volume: 103
Issue: 3
Pages: 146-148

Score contribution per author:

0.503 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

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.

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RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:103:y:2009:i:3:p:146-148
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
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2026-01-25