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Does Foreign Direct Investment Decrease Corruption?

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  • Felipe Larraín

    () (Instituto de Economía)

  • José Tavares

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This paper assesses the effect of openness on corruption, using foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows as a measure of openness, after trade intensity is accounted for. We use a broad cross section of countries over the period 1970 to 1994 and address th

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Article provided by Instituto de Economía. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. in its journal Cuadernos de Economía-Latin American Journal of Economics.

Volume (Year): 41 (2004)
Issue (Month): 123 ()
Pages: 217-230

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Handle: RePEc:ioe:cuadec:v:41:y:2004:i:123:p:217-230

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Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Corruption; International Trade; Istrumental Variables;

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  1. Alexander Libman, 2006. "Government-Business Relations and Catching Up Reforms in the CIS," European Journal of Comparative Economics, Cattaneo University (LIUC), vol. 3(2), pages 263-288, December.
  2. Markus Alzer & Ramin Dadasov, 2012. "Financial Liberalization and Institutional Development," MAGKS Papers on Economics 201219, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Faculty of Business Administration and Economics, Department of Economics (Volkswirtschaftliche Abteilung).
  3. Markus Alzer & Ramin Dadasov, 2012. "Financial Liberalization and Institutional Development," FIW Working Paper series 082, FIW.
  4. Karpaty, Patrik & Gustavsson Tingvall, Patrik, 2012. "Offshoring of Services and Corruption: Do Firms Escape Corrupt Countries?," Ratio Working Papers 192, The Ratio Institute.
  5. dumludag, devrim, 2009. "Political Institutions and Foreign Direct Investment Flows into Developing Countries," MPRA Paper 27327, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 02 Feb 2010.
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  7. John Ahlquist & Aseem Prakash, 2010. "FDI and the costs of contract enforcement in developing countries," Policy Sciences, Springer, vol. 43(2), pages 181-200, June.
  8. Tingvall, Patrik Gustavsson, 2010. "Offshoring and Corruption: Does Corruption Matter," Working Paper Series in Economics and Institutions of Innovation 237, Royal Institute of Technology, CESIS - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies.
  9. Saha, Shrabani & Gounder, Rukmani & Su, Jen-Je, 2009. "The interaction effect of economic freedom and democracy on corruption: A panel cross-country analysis," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 105(2), pages 173-176, November.

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