IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/ris/qjatoe/0011.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

The Impact of Information and Communication Technology Development Index (IDI) on Corruption in Middle-Income Countries

Author

Listed:
  • Mehregan , Nader

    (Professor of Economics, Bu-Ali Sina University)

  • Sahabi , Bahram

    (Assistant Professor of Economics, Tarbiat Modares University)

  • Mohammadamini, Maryam

    (M.A. in Economics, Tarbiat Modares University)

Abstract

Corruption is one of the major obstacles to growth and economic development and countries try to control it. In this regard, one way to control it can be the use of information and communications technology capabilities in informatics, creating awareness, electronization of operational processes, transparency, etc. Based on this, the present study has examined the impact of ICT on reducing administrative corruption. The results obtained from 77 countries with an average income using panel data regression and generalized least squares methods have shown that by increasing the ICT development index (IDI) and its two components (access and use), corruption reduces. However, IDI skill component has a negative effect on the level of corruption in the sample. In addition, the results show a reduction in corruption with increasing per capita income and democracy.

Suggested Citation

  • Mehregan , Nader & Sahabi , Bahram & Mohammadamini, Maryam, 2015. "The Impact of Information and Communication Technology Development Index (IDI) on Corruption in Middle-Income Countries," Quarterly Journal of Applied Theories of Economics, Faculty of Economics, Management and Business, University of Tabriz, vol. 2(2), pages 43-60, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:ris:qjatoe:0011
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://ecoj.tabrizu.ac.ir/jufile?c2hvd1BERj00MjY2Jl9hY3Rpb249c2hvd1BERiZhcnRpY2xlPTQyNjYmX29iPTIwZDk5OGU2N2Q2NWUyYzYzMDEwOGRjODFhMTVhZTc4
    File Function: Full text
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    More about this item

    Keywords

    Corruption; Information and Communication Technology; Democracy; Per Capita Income.;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • C23 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
    • D73 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Bureaucracy; Administrative Processes in Public Organizations; Corruption
    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:ris:qjatoe:0011. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Sakineh Sojoodi (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://edirc.repec.org/data/fetabir.html .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.