Inflation and Corruption Relationship: Evidence from Panel Data in Developed and Developing Countries

Hasim Ak A, Ahmet Yilmaz Ata and Coskun Karaca
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Hasim Ak A: ukurova University, Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences,Department of Finance, Adana, Turkey.
Ahmet Yilmaz Ata: Gaziantep University, Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences,Department of Economics, Gaziantep, Turkey.
Coskun Karaca: Cumhuriyet University, Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences,Department of Finance, Erzurum, Turkey.

International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues, 2012, vol. 2, issue 3, 281-295

Abstract: Corruption, which is defined as the illegal and benefit-oriented usage of public power, is a fact that has an impact on the macro-economic performance of economy in the scope of cause and effect. Within this framework, there is a strong cause and effect interaction between inflation, an important economic parameter, and corruption. Inflation is defined as not only a financial factor results in corruption but also an economic problem results from corruption. With this particular study, the relationship between inflation and corruption was tried to be tested one-way. In this context, the impact of inflation, growth, trade gap, the quality of legislation, the efficacy of government, political stability and responsibility variables on corruption was tested through panel data method concerning to the 2011-2012 period of totally 97 countries from three different income-level group. It was found as a result of the empirical data that the inflation has a statistically significant and positive effect on corruption in all these 97 countries from three different income-level groups.

Keywords: Corruption; Panel Data (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D02 D40 D72 D73 D82 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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