Is there a trade-off between income inequality and corruption? Evidence from Latin America

被引：53

作者：

Dobson, Stephen ^{[1
]}

Ramlogan-Dobson, Carlyn ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Nottingham Trent Univ, Nottingham Business Sch, Div Econ, Nottingham NG1 4BU, England

来源：

ECONOMICS LETTERS | 2010年 / 107卷 / 02期

关键词：

Corruption; Latin America; Income inequality; Informal sector; Panel data; GROWTH;

D O I：

10.1016/j.econlet.2009.12.038

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

In contrast to other research, lower corruption is associated with higher income inequality. This result is consistent with the idea that the corruption-inequality relationship may be different where there is a large informal sector, as in Latin America. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：102 / 104

页数：3

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