Corruption in economics: a bibliometric analysis and research agenda

Bahoo, Salman; Alon, Ilan; Floreani, Josanco

doi:10.1080/13504851.2020.1764476

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“…Corruption is an abuse of the power entrusted to government officials for private gain (Cuervo‐Cazurra, 2006, p. 36; Bahoo, 2020; Bahoo, Alon & Floreani, 2020; Bahoo, Alon & Paltrinieri, 2020). Researchers in international business (IB) and international political economics have highlighted that poor institutional quality and governance, and high levels of corruption are the main factors that reduce international trade (de Jong & Bogmans, 2011; Narayan & Bui, 2019).…”

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Corruption, foreign aid, and international trade

Bahoo

Alon

Floreani

2022

Thunderbird Intl Bus Rev

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Corruption has varying effects on international trade flows. Through the lenses of the institutional and transaction costs theories, we propose a novel institutional analysis of foreign aid as a formal institution that moderates the negative impact of corruption on international trade. We investigate this framework using a sample of the imports and exports of 30 Organization for Economic Co‐operation and Development (OECD) member countries and their 150 trading partners from 1995 to 2018. We analyze two main types of bilateral foreign aid within this framework: official development assistance and aid for trade. We present three main findings. First, the trading partners' corruption has a negative impact on OECD bilateral imports and exports. Second, both forms of foreign aid moderate the negative effect of the trading partners' corruption on OECD countries' exports. These findings confirm that OECD member countries are willing to export to very corrupt countries. Third, official development assistance does not moderate the relationship between corruption and imports, meaning that OECD countries do not import from corrupt locations. However, aid for trade still moderates the negative impact of corruption on OCED countries' imports. Overall, we confirm that foreign aid negatively moderates the adverse effect of corruption on exports but not on imports. Thus, foreign aid as a formal institution deserves more attention from OECD policymakers and managers of MNEs as a mechanism for reducing corruption and boosting international trade.

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Corruption, foreign aid, and international trade

Bahoo

Alon

Floreani

2022

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“…Research is required to address how governance can be achieved and sustained within a social context imbued with cultural values (Fox & Ward, 2008). Finally, more studies are required to understand and explore the economic model of corruption and its relationship to legal institutions, political institutions, and firms (Bahoo et al, 2020;. We advocate for a dynamic and responsive governance and a system of corporate governance to social and economic development.…”

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Content Analysis of Ethics of Governance, Maladministration and Political Corruption

Igwe

Egbo

Nwakpu

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International Journal of Public Sociology and Sociotherapy

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Although different forms of corruption exist in every region, Africa, South America, Latin America, Russia, and Asia countries, perhaps to a greater extent engage in higher levels of corruption more than other regions of the world. Applying ethics of governance and theory of “patrimonialism,” this article examines governance of ethics and corruption. This article argues that corruption lays the foundation for the abridgement of citizens' rights and perpetuation of underdevelopment. Methodologically, the authors explored contents through multiple media sources, ensuring rigor and trustworthiness. The findings reveal how corruption is being perpetuated in Nigeria, prosecuted, and the challenges. This article finds a strong relationship between corruption, the absence of ethics of governance, and maladministration. Many public and political office holders engage or support corruption; there is lack of moral and ethical considerations. More so, it appears that politics is based on wealth acquisition and self-interest rather than on ideologies.

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“…Keywords are important both for search engines and for the citations an article receives. An author's identified keywords indicate the themes of the study, and mapping authors' keywords assist when identifying the direction of the research and literature (Bahoo et al, 2020;Zupic and Cater, 2015). With the use of VOSviewer, we created the keyword network with a minimum frequency of 10 out of the total number of 4,303 authors' keywords in our sample.…”

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“…These research questions are common in bibliometric studies (Bahoo et al, 2020;Cuccurullo et al, 2016;Ellegaard and Wallin, 2015) as the leading research streams and bibliometric information about key journals, articles, countries or authors can provide information about current research gaps and guide future research directions.…”

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Mapping terrorism in the academic landscape of business field of study: a bibliometric study of the past 30 years

Klona

Menzies

Zutshi

2021

IJCMA

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Purpose Terrorism is as old as humanity itself, but its new form in the twenty-first century is adversely affecting the performance of businesses in both developing and developed countries. The purpose of this study is to identify and analyse the evolution and diffusion of academic knowledge on the topic of terrorism in business-related literature. Design/methodology/approach Data was gathered from two databases, namely, the Scopus and Web of Science over 30 years (1990–2019). The search terms related to terrorism in titles, abstracts and authors’ keywords, which resulted in a total of 1,097 articles. Bibliometric methods, including a thematic and content analysis identifying main themes and using Gephi and VOSviewer software, were used to analyse the data. Findings The results reveal the productivity of the main actors, current thematic choices and future research opportunities. The main thematic areas of the research arising from the bibliometric analysis included the impact of terrorism on economic growth, Foreign Direct Investment, tourism, stock market reforms, security of multinational corporations as a result of terrorism and finally, the impact of political instability and terrorism on business. This study’s findings may guide the research of future academics and assist policy stakeholders in their strategic choices related to future business development. Research limitations/implications The study has certain limitations that are inherent to the bibliometric methods or to the choices related to data collection and processing. Practical implications This study recognised evolution and trends regarding the influence of terrorism on businesses, which is crucial information for the development of business and policy strategies in the future. These strategies should enhance the ability of businesses to cope with the negative effects of terrorism and make these effects less devastating. For academics, this study provides relevant insights on recent research trends in the field of terrorism in business and emerging future academic thematic opportunities. Social implications The findings of the study indicate that issues of terrorism in business have broader social implications, which both academia and policy stakeholders can attend with their work. Originality/value This bibliometric review offers new insights into terrorism from the business lens by identifying the common streams of research in the field, along with the key journals, articles, countries, institutions, authors, data sources and networks in this field. The future research directions in this field of knowledge are also articulated in the study.

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Corruption in economics: a bibliometric analysis and research agenda

Cited by 37 publications

References 120 publications

Corruption, foreign aid, and international trade

Corruption, foreign aid, and international trade

Content Analysis of Ethics of Governance, Maladministration and Political Corruption

Mapping terrorism in the academic landscape of business field of study: a bibliometric study of the past 30 years

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