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The Effects of Corruption on Growth, Investment, and Government Expenditure

By Paolo Mauro

September 1, 1996

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Paolo Mauro. "The Effects of Corruption on Growth, Investment, and Government Expenditure", IMF Working Papers 1996, 098 (1996), accessed December 7, 2024, https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451852097.001

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Summary

This paper discusses the possible causes and consequences of corruption. It provides a synthetic review of recent studies that analyze this phenomenon empirically. In addition, it presents further results on the effects of corruption on growth and investment, and new cross-country evidence on the link between corruption and the composition of government expenditure.

Subject: Corruption, Crime, Education spending, Expenditure, Expenditure composition, Total expenditures

Keywords: Consumption expenditure, Corrupt government, Corruption, Country, Economic growth, Education spending, Expenditure composition, Government, Government institution, Government policy, Government transfer payments, Total expenditures, WP

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