Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/45658 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
Development Research Working Paper Series No. 02/2010
Publisher: 
Institute for Advanced Development Studies (INESAD), La Paz
Abstract: 
This paper presents new evidence on the relationship between corruption and income inequality. Using a panel data methodology, we find that lower corruption is associated with higher income inequality in Latin America. This result is in contrast to other empirical studies but it makes sense in Latin America for a number of reasons. The finding of an inverse relationship between inequality and corruption suggests that institutional reform policies by themselves may be misguided.
Subjects: 
Inequality
Corruption
Latin America
JEL: 
D73
O15
O43
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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