Corruption: Democracy, Autocracy, and Political Stability

Nur-tegin, Kanybek; Czap, Hans J.

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“…4 4 Nur‐tegin and Czap (2012) find that corruption may decrease with the level of democracy, although it may be related more with political instability in the emerging market economies. …”

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The Two‐way Relationship Between Government Spending and Corruption and Its Effects on Economic Growth

Dzhumashev

2013

Contemporary Economic Policy

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The existing empirical evidence suggests that in low-income economies, an increase in government spending leads to a reduction of growth. This article aims to explain this empirical fact by considering a growth model that incorporates a two-way relationship between corruption and government spending. That is, government spending gives rise to corruption and rent seeking, which feeds back by distorting the structure and size of government spending. In addition, the cost of corruption depends on the wage rate. Therefore, in low-income economies, increases in government spending tend to generate larger social losses caused by a higher level of rent dissipation and a concomitant rise in corruption and government inefficiency. Consequently, in such economies, an increase in government spending is more likely to result in a decline of economic growth. (JEL H3, O11, O41)

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The Two‐way Relationship Between Government Spending and Corruption and Its Effects on Economic Growth

Dzhumashev

2013

Contemporary Economic Policy

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“…Furthermore, even in the short run, a transition to democracy can bring important indirect benefits (Doucouliagos and Ulubasoglu, ; Drury et al, ). As shown by Nur‐tegin and Czap (), new democracies fare better than stable autocracies in terms of corruption, a key growth impediment. Finally, if the World's autocrats are likely to be deposed sooner or later anyway, given the current global trend towards more representative institutions, and if democracy indeed is more advantageous in the long run, then an earlier transition appears to remain an attractive proposition for the nations that are still governed by a strong hand.…”

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“…The Regime-Stability Indices in this paper are based on and similar to the indices developed by Nur-tegin and Czap (2012). However, there are two major differences.…”

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“…Doucouliagos and Ulubasoglu (2008) maintain that citizens are more motivated to work and invest when they are free to choose how to allocate their resources and have access to uncontrolled information, both of which are more likely in a democracy. In addition, cronyism and corruption, which are negatively correlated with growth, tend to be greater in countries ruled by autocrats (Bueno de Mesquita et al, 2001;Nur-tegin and Czap, 2012). Democracies are also better in fostering entrepreneurship and innovation (Bhagwati, 2002) and even diffusion of telecommunications technology (Holkeboer and Vreeland, 2013).…”

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Entrenched Autocracy or New Democracy: Which Is Better for Business?

Nur-tegin

2014

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Summary The recent downfall of autocracies worldwide, most notably in the Middle East, raises the question: Do the new, more democratic regimes hold a promise of creating a better economic and business environment? To answer this question, I analyze a new large‐scale firm‐level dataset for the post‐regime‐change time horizon of up to 20 years. The main finding is that during the post‐revolution time period the business environment is likely to worsen under the new politically unstable regimes that replace stable autocracies.

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“…Finally, the recent historical experience provides irrefutable evidence that democracy is neither a panacea for bad governance nor a crucial prerequisite for good governance. 2,[11][12][13][14][15][16] This paper is not intended to serve as a defense of autocracy, but rather it underscores the independent role of good governance that may or may not be related to democracy.…”

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Political Economy of Infant Mortality Rate: Role of Democracy Versus Good Governance

Rosenberg

2018

Int J Health Serv

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Despite numerous studies on whether democracy reduces the infant mortality rate (IMR), the empirical results remain mixed at best. In this article, I perform several theoretical and empirical exercises that help explain why and under what conditions we should expect politics to matter most for a decrease in IMR. First, I capitalize on the epidemiological view that IMR - the most commonly used indicator of health in social sciences - is better suited to reflect public health micromanagement than overall social development. Second, I theorize that autocrats have incentives to invest in health up to a certain point, which could lead to a reduction in IMR. Third, I introduce an omitted variable - good governance - that trumps the importance of a political regime for IMR: (1) it directly affects public health micromanagement, and (2) many autocrats made inroads in achieving good governance. Finally, for the first time in such research, I use a disaggregated IMR approach to corroborate my hypotheses.

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Corruption: Democracy, Autocracy, and Political Stability

Cited by 33 publications

References 28 publications

The Two‐way Relationship Between Government Spending and Corruption and Its Effects on Economic Growth

The Two‐way Relationship Between Government Spending and Corruption and Its Effects on Economic Growth

Entrenched Autocracy or New Democracy: Which Is Better for Business?

Political Economy of Infant Mortality Rate: Role of Democracy Versus Good Governance

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