Remittances and corruption

Aziz N. Berdiev, Yoonbai Kim () and Chun-Ping Chang

Economics Letters, 2013, vol. 118, issue 1, 182-185

Abstract: We examine the effect of remittances on corruption using panel data for 111 countries over the period of 1986–2010. We find that remittances increase corruption, especially in non-OECD countries.

Keywords: Remittances; Corruption; Panel data (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D73 F24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2012.10.008

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