ON THE EVOLUTION OF CORRUPTION PATTERNS IN THE POST-COMMUNIST COUNTRIES

Andrzej Cieślik and Lukasz Goczek

Equilibrium. Quarterly Journal of Economics and Economic Policy, 2015, vol. 10, issue 1, 33-53

Abstract: In this paper, we study the evolution of corruption patterns in 27 post-communist countries during the period 1996-2012 using the Control of Corruption Index and the corruption category Markov transition probability matrix. This method allows us to generate the long-run distribution of corruption among the post-communist countries. Our empirical findings suggest that corruption in the post-communist countries is a very persistent phenomenon that does not change much over time. Several theoretical explanations for such a result are provided.

Keywords: corruption; Markov transition probability matrix; post-communist countries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D73 P21 P37 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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