DIFFERENT THEORETICAL INTERPRETATIONS ABOUT CORRUPTION: AN ANALYSIS PROPOSAL BASED ON THE THEORETICAL-ECONOMIC VIEW OF OLD EVOLUTIONARY INSTITUTIONALISM

Arthur Osvaldo Colombo () and Eduardo Toneto do Livramento ()
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Arthur Osvaldo Colombo: Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo
Eduardo Toneto do Livramento: Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo

Revista de Economia Mackenzie (REM), 2023, vol. 20, issue 2, 117-142

Abstract: This article sought to demonstrate and analyze what are the main definitions of corruption constantly found in the literature. In addition, it was pointed out that the usual definitions and those with affinities in relation to the classical-utilitarian theoretical current have significant limitations. Be they in the definition itself, in the concept of corruption, or in the analyzes that this makes possible. Based on this, it was suggested that the evolutionary approach originating from institutional economics, pioneered by the works of Thorstein Veblen, demonstrates a greater degree of adequacy and efficiency by being more visibly closer to reality, thus enabling empirical analyzes with a greater degree of robustness and clarity.

Keywords: Agents; corruption; evolutionary; governments; institutionalism. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B12 B25 B52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.5935/1808-2785/rem.v20n2p.117-142

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