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The Persistent Effect of Colonialism on Corruption.
- Source :
- Economica; Apr2015, Vol. 82 Issue 326, p319-349, 31p
- Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- This paper argues that corruption in developing countries has deep historical roots that go all the way back to their colonial experience. We substantiate our thesis with empirical evidence where the degree of European settlement during colonial times is a powerful explanatory factor of present-day corruption. Interestingly, our mechanism is different from the prevailing view in the literature on institutions and growth, where European settlement has only positive effects. We argue that European settlement leads to higher levels of corruption for all countries where Europeans remained a minority in the population, i.e. for all developing countries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- POLITICAL corruption
COLONIES
POPULATION
ECONOMIC development
GROSS domestic product
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00130427
- Volume :
- 82
- Issue :
- 326
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Economica
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 101364004
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/ecca.12123