Inflation and Corruption Relationship: Evidence from Panel Data in Developed and Developing Countries

Haşim Akça; Ahmet Yılmaz Ata; Coşkun Karaca

Makale detayları

Inflation and Corruption Relationship: Evidence from Panel Data in Developed and Developing Countries

Yazarlar:

Haşim Akça | Ahmet Yılmaz Ata | Coşkun Karaca

Yayıncı:

İlhan ÖZTÜRK

Dergi:

International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues 2012 Vol.2 Issue 3, pp.281-295

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

8/2012

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2000814854

Sıklık:

İki Aylık

eISSN:

2146-4138

Özet:

 

Corruption, which is defined as the illegal and benefit-oriented usage of public power, is a fact that has an impact on the macro-economic performance of economy in the scope of cause and effect. Within this framework, there is a strong cause and effect interaction between inflation, an important economic parameter, and corruption. Inflation is defined as not only a financial factor results in corruption but also an economic problem results from corruption. With this particular study, the relationship between inflation and corruption was tried to be tested one-way. In this context, the impact of inflation, growth, trade gap, the quality of legislation, the efficacy of government, political stability and responsibility variables on corruption was tested through panel data method concerning to the 2002-2010 period of totally 97 countries from three different income-level group. It was found as a result of the empirical data that the inflation has a statistically significant and positive effect on corruption in all these 97 countries from three different income-level groups.

Makale detayları

Inflation and Corruption Relationship: Evidence from Panel Data in Developed and Developing Countries

Yazarlar: Haşim Akça | Ahmet Yılmaz Ata | Coşkun Karaca

Yayıncı: İlhan ÖZTÜRK

Dergi: International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues 2012 Vol.2 Issue 3, pp.281-295

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 8/2012

Belge Dili: Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.): 2000814854

Sıklık: İki Aylık

eISSN: 2146-4138

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Haşim Akça | Ahmet Yılmaz Ata | Coşkun Karaca

Yayıncı:

İlhan ÖZTÜRK

Dergi:

International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues 2012 Vol.2 Issue 3, pp.281-295

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

8/2012

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2000814854

Sıklık:

İki Aylık

eISSN:

2146-4138