Intelligence and Corruption

Niklas Potrafke

No 2011-36, Working Paper Series of the Department of Economics, University of Konstanz from Department of Economics, University of Konstanz

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)
Pages: 24 pages
Date: 2011-09-26
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