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Corruption and Government Revenue: Evidence of a Non-Linear Relationship Driven by Crises

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creativework.datePublishedReceived 21 Oct 2022, Accepted 10 Dec 2023, Published online: 22 Dec 2023
dc.contributor.authorBogetić, Željko
dc.contributor.authorNaeher, Dominik
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-14T22:47:53Z
dc.date.available2025-01-14T22:47:53Z
dc.date.issued2025-01-14
dc.description.abstractA large body of literature studies the relationship between corruption and economic outcomes, including government revenue mobilization, but there is little evidence on how this relationship changes during times of crisis. Using a comprehensive panel dataset covering up to 194 countries in the period 1996 to 2020, we find evidence of a negative link between corruption and revenue that is amplified in times of crisis. The amplification appears to be driven by countries with lower average income levels, non-democratic governments, and higher natural resource dependency. Our findings are helpful in assessing different views of corruption offered in the literature. Overall, we find our results to be more consistent with a rent seeking view of corruption whereby, in times of crisis, corruption becomes more pervasive and government revenue declines. In contrast, we find no empirical support for the view that crises represent times of social improvement associated with increases in revenues.en
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Applied Economics
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/42685
dc.identifier.issn1667-6726
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/42685
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherTaylor and Francis
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectCORRUPTION
dc.subjectCRISIS
dc.subjectGOVERNMENT REVENUE
dc.subjectRENT SEEKING
dc.titleCorruption and Government Revenueen
dc.title.subtitleEvidence of a Non-Linear Relationship Driven by Crisesen
dc.typeJournal Article
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okr.crossref.titleCorruption and Government Revenue: Evidence of a Non-Linear Relationship Driven by Crises
okr.date.disclosure2025-01-14
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-14T11:50:31.612336Z
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-26T02:27:06.438837Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Journal Article
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okr.identifier.doi10.1080/15140326.2023.2295733
okr.pagenumber2295733
okr.peerreviewAcademic Peer Review
okr.region.geographicalWorld
okr.topicLaw and Development::Corruption & Anticorruption Law
okr.topicGovernance::Governance and the Financial Sector
okr.volume27(1)
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