Determinants of corruption in Nigeria: evidence from various estimation techniques

Abu, Nurudeen; Staniewski, Marcin W.

doi:10.1080/1331677x.2019.1655467

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“…The tactics commonly employ include the following: poor public spending on education and healthcare and inflation of construction prices which lead to higher rate of unemployment and poverty level. In general, this practice has led to poor standards of living in the country (Abu and Staniewski, 2019). However, the government have been making efforts to reduce the corruption rate, but greed, ostentatious lifestyle, customs, tribalism and the attitude of citizens still make the practice to persistently increase in the country (Akindola, 2017).…”

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“…In West Africa, Nigeria is ranked higher than Guinea Bissau with a score of 18. In addition, it has been established that corrupt behavior is not only rampant in Nigeria but also the economies and citizens in African regions in general are the worst hit by the corruption (Abu and Staniewski, 2019;Igiebor, 2019). Notwithstanding the reiteration by the government on commitment to fight corruption, the score indicates that the situation is getting worse year by year.…”

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Remittances and corruption in Nigeria

Ajide

Olayiwola

2020

JED

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PurposeIn this paper, we investigate the impact of remittances on control of corruption in Nigeria for a period of 1986–2016.Design/methodology/approachThe study uses ARDL modeling framework, dynamic OLS estimation, variance decomposition and impulse response analysis to examine the relationship between the two variables.FindingsThe study finds that remittances significantly improve the control of corruption in Nigeria. We further examine the robustness test of the results using dynamic OLS estimation, variance decomposition and impulse response analysis. Our results remain significant and consistent to the earlier one reported in ARDL framework which supports the extant literature.Practical implicationsOur study suggests that international remittances can be used, through the cross-border transfer of norms and practices, to significantly impact the socioeconomic progresses of a country by reducing corruption.Originality/valueThe existing studies on the relationship between corruption and remittances document conflicting results. In addition, study on corruption - remittances nexus that specifically focuses on any African country is largely absent despite the fact that most of the countries in the region are recognized as highly corrupt. This paper provides insights on how remittances can be used as part of tool kits to control corruption in African nation.

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Section: Review Of Literature 21 Corruption In Nigeriamentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Remittances and corruption in Nigeria

Ajide

Olayiwola

2020

JED

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“…Since 1960 to date, Nigeria have lost over US$600bn to corrupt officials (Akinwale, 2019). The high incidences of corruption in Nigeria have been attributed to the many social and economic problems in the country such as kidnapping, unemployment, among others (Abu and Staniewski, 2019).…”

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The geographies of corruption in Nigeria: understanding the patterns and correlates

Adeleke

Alabede

Osayomi

et al. 2021

JFC

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Purpose Globally, corruption has been identified as a major problem. Even though corruption is widespread, it varies in magnitude, types and consequences. In Nigeria, corruption is endemic, and it is responsible for the many socioeconomic problems in the country. Hence, the study aims to determine the patterns and state level correlations of corruption in Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach Data for this study were sourced from the National Bureau of Statistics and other official sources and were analyzed with Global Moran’s I, Local Moran’s I and multivariate step-wise regression. Findings This study’s findings revealed significant clustering of corruption in the country with Rivers States as the only hotspot (I = 0.068; z = 2.524; p < 0.05), while domestic debt and market size were the state level significant predictors. Research limitations/implications Only bribery as a form of corruption was examined in this study, more studies are needed on the predictors of other forms of corruption. Practical implications This study recommends increased market competition through investment grants, subsidies and tax incentives to facilitate trade interactions among Nigerians, which can lead to exchange of cultural norms that discourage corruption. It is also advocated that domestic debt must be effectively and efficiently channelled towards economic development which in the long run will have a positive impact on the socio-economic well-being of the citizens as well as drive down corrupt practices. Originality/value Although the causes of corruption have received considerable attention in the literature, little is known on the geographical distribution and the effect of market size and domestic debt on corruption in Nigeria.

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“…In addition, the ARDL bounds test can be applied when the order of integration is purely I (0), purely I (1), or a mixture of both. Moreover, the FMOLS, DOLS, and CCR techniques overcome problems of endogeneity bias and serial correlation (Narayan and Narayan 2004;Alhassan and Fiador 2014;Abu and Staniewski 2019).…”

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The impact of agricultural input costs on food prices in Turkey: A case study

Işik¹,

Özbuğday²

2021

Agric. Econ. - Czech

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Food price inflation has been a significant subject of debate in Turkey since food prices soared in 2018. The study examines the linkage between agricultural input prices and food prices in Turkey by using quantitative method approaches with the monthly data spanning from 2015-M01 to 2020-M01. A co-integration analysis is performed using the autoregressive-distributed lag (ARDL) bounds test approach and Maki co-integration test with structural breaks. Additionally, the fully modified ordinary least square (FMOLS), dynamic ordinary least squares (DOLS), and canonical co-integrating regression (CCR) are applied to verify the results of the ARDL approach. The analysis demonstrates a significant, long-running relationship between agricultural input prices and food prices in Turkey. The long-run agricultural input price elasticities are found to be in the range of 1.30–1.36.

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Determinants of corruption in Nigeria: evidence from various estimation techniques

Cited by 32 publications

References 83 publications

Remittances and corruption in Nigeria

Remittances and corruption in Nigeria

The geographies of corruption in Nigeria: understanding the patterns and correlates

The impact of agricultural input costs on food prices in Turkey: A case study

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