1 The Economics of Corruption: An Overview
Author:
Mr. George T. Abed
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Language:
English
Print Publication Date:
24 Sep 2002
Keywords:
BOOK; transition economy; consequences of corruption; part iii corruption; part IV corruption; rent seeking; Corruption; Structural reforms; Personal income; Defense spending; Global; Baltics; Africa; Sub-Saharan Africa; Europe; governance indicator; signatory state; IMF's governance strategy; economics profession; reform of the state; Revenue administration transparency and accountability

Abstract

Until the 1980s, scholarly research on corruption was largely confined to the fields of sociology, political science, history, public administration, and criminal law. Since then, economists have also turned their interest to this topic, largely on account of its increasingly evident link to economic performance. Much of the early research1 focused on weaknesses in public institutions and distortions in economic policies that gave rise to rent seeking by public officials and the incubation of corrupt practices. It also highlighted some positive effects of corruption, which were discounted in the subsequent literature.

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Cover Governance, Corruption, and Economic Performance
Governance, Corruption, and Economic Performance
ISBN:
9781589061163
Publication Date:
24 Sep 2002
Publisher:
International Monetary Fund
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5089/9781589061163.071
Pages:
580