Intelligence and corruption

Niklas Potrafke

Economics Letters, 2012, vol. 114, issue 1, 109-112

Abstract: This study finds that countries with high-IQ populations enjoy less corruption. I propose that this is because intelligent people have longer time horizons.

Keywords: Intelligence; Corruption; Institutions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D73 I2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2011.09.040

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