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Corruption and the size of government: causality tests for OECD and Latin American countries

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  • Paulo Roberto Arvate
  • Andrea Zaitune Curi
  • Fabiana Rocha
  • Fabio Miessi Sanches

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The purpose of this article is to examine the causality between government size and corruption, and to verify if there is a different pattern of causality between developed Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries (excluding Mexico) and developing countries (Latin American countries) during the period 1996 to 2003. Applying Granger and Huang's (1997) methodology we find evidence that size of government Granger causes corruption in both samples. Since a larger government involvement in private markets today will be followed in future by a higher level of corruption a policy advice would be to enhance governance. The promotion of good governance helps to combat corruption given that it complements efforts to reduce corruption more directly, and it is strongly recommended by the International Monetary Fund, other multilateral institutions, and all worried with the negative impacts of corruption on economic activity.

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  • Paulo Roberto Arvate & Andrea Zaitune Curi & Fabiana Rocha & Fabio Miessi Sanches, 2010. "Corruption and the size of government: causality tests for OECD and Latin American countries," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 17(10), pages 1013-1017.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:apeclt:v:17:y:2010:i:10:p:1013-1017
    DOI: 10.1080/13504850802676207
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