CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2008
| Author | Aslanov, Fuad Rauf |
|---|---|
| Title | The effect of International Integration on the Level of Corruption. A Theoretical-Empirical Approach |
| Summary | This paper investigates the relationship between a country’s international integration level and its corruption situation. Corruption, defined as dysfunction of an institution or system leading to inefficiencies, can be affected by international factors through economic incentives and social norms and values. More integrated countries tend to be influenced by international rules and target corruption reduction. I am going to test the validity of this assumption for all countries by controlling for general development, as well as geographical and historical factors. Econometric analysis for the sample of 182 world economies strongly confirms my predictions. However, exclusion of OECD countries from the sample changes the outcome revealing that corruption may be efficient in the countries with weak rule of law for the short-run and that international integration factors are not helpful enough in anti-corruption movement for this set of countries. Comparison of these results supports the fact that determinants of corruption are not solely complemented by economic and social factors. An overview of the economy and corruption interconnection on the example of Azerbaijan supports my findings. |
| Supervisor | Leif Danziger |
| Department | Economics MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2008/aslanov_fuad.pdf |
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