Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/212649 
Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
BOFIT Discussion Papers No. 5/2009
Publisher: 
Bank of Finland, Institute for Economies in Transition (BOFIT), Helsinki
Abstract: 
This research examines the connection between a country's export structure and corruption, incorporating disaggregated data on exports for a recent time period over a large set of nations. We ask whether various types of exports (e.g. agricultural, mineral, manufacturing and fuel) exert similar influences on corruption across nations. Our results suggest that corruption decreases as nations attain prosperity, as economic and political freedoms increase, and with a larger government size. Ceteris paribus, transition countries are also found to be more corrupt. Ethnic and linguistic fractionalizations exert opposite influences on corruption, while religious fractionalization does not seem to matter. Although the effects of ore and manufacturing exports are statistically insignificant, agricultural and fuel exports affect corruption significantly. Our findings for fuel exports support previous research, as well as uniquely demonstrate that the impact of fuel exports is sensitive to the prevailing corruption level. We conclude with a discussion of policy implications.
Subjects: 
corruption
exports
resource curse
government
JEL: 
H11
K42
O13
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
ISBN: 
978-952-462-965-23
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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