The Linkage Between ICT Development and Corruption in the Case of Emerging Market Economies

Kumar Shaurav () and Badri Rath
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Kumar Shaurav: Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad

Journal of the Knowledge Economy, 2024, vol. 15, issue 2, No 61, 6604-6616

Abstract: Abstract This paper investigates the effect of Information Communication Technology (ICT) development on corruption in emerging market economies (EMEs). By employing a system generalized method of moments (GMM) estimator in a dynamic panel data model, we find that ICT development reduces corruption. We have further disaggregated ICT Development into ICT Access and ICT Use. The findings show that ICT access is more effective in reducing the level of corruption as compared to ICT use. From a policy perspective, it is important for emerging countries to practice ICT as one of the tools for controlling corruption in the modern digital era.

Keywords: ICT Access; ICT Use; Corruption; System-GMM; EMEs; C23; D73 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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