The Effect of Public Corruption on Covid-19 Fatality Rate: A Cross-Country Examination

Mohammad Reza Farzanegan ()

No 8938, CESifo Working Paper Series from CESifo

Abstract: This paper evaluates whether the level of public corruption influences COVID-19 case fatality rates. Using cross-section data, including 64 countries and multiple regression techniques, we find that the level of corruption is positively and significantly associated with COVID-19 human costs. These results are robust to control of other possible explanatory factors.

Keywords: Covid-19; case fatality rates; pandemic; corruption; trust; cross-country regression (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D73 E02 H51 I15 I18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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