Empirical determinants of corruption: A sensitivity analysis

Danila Serra

No GPRG-WPS-012, Economics Series Working Papers from University of Oxford, Department of Economics

Abstract: Many variables have been proposed by past studies as significant determinants of corruption. This paper asks if their estimated impact on corruption is robust to alteration of the information set. A Global Sensitivity Analysis, based on the Leamer`s Extreme-Bounds Analysis give a clear answer: five variables are robustly related to corruption. Corruption is lower in richer countries, where democratic institutions have been preserved for a long continuous period, and the population is mainly Protestant. Corruption is instead higher where political instabiity is a major problem. Finally, a country`s colonial heritage appears to be a significant determinant of present corruption.

Keywords: Corruption; Determinants; Sensitivity; Robustness; Extreme-Bounds (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D72 D73 H11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005-02-01
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