Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/265925 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 9890
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
Studying a relatively under-researched aspect in economics, this paper examines the nexus between corruption and academic freedom. Our main hypothesis is that greater corruption undermines academic freedom and we test this hypothesis using cross-national data for 104 nations over the years 2012 to 2018. Our results support the main hypothesis, and this finding also generally holds across alternative aspects of academic freedom. Another contribution of this work lies in dissecting the direct and indirect (through corruption) effects of various drivers of academic freedom. Finally, additional insights are gained via considering different dimensions of academic freedom and how they are (qualitatively and quantitatively) impacted by corruption.
Subjects: 
academic freedom
corruption
government
education
democracy
mediation analysis
JEL: 
K42
H52
I21
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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