Family Ties and Corruption

Anastasia Litina () and Varvarigos Dimitrios ()
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Varvarigos Dimitrios: School of Business, Department of Economics, University of Leicester, Mallard House (Brookfield campus), 266 London Road, Leicester, LE2 1RQ, UK

The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, 2023, vol. 23, issue 1, 195-222

Abstract: We study the relation between nuclear family ties and corruption. Our theoretical model shows that the population share of people who desire close ties with their families (i.e. the extensive margin) has an ambiguous effect on the level of corruption, due to the presence of conflicting mechanisms. However, the strength of this desire among people who want close family ties (i.e. the intensive margin) has an unambiguously negative effect on corruption. The latter outcome finds support from our empirical analysis: Using micro-level data, we show that, in contrast to conventional wisdom and cross-country reflections, stronger family ties are negatively correlated with a broad set of activities that measure corruption.

Keywords: corruption; corruption attitudes; family ties (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D73 Z10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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