Eight Questions about Corruption
Jakob SvenssonAssistant Professor, Institute for International Economic Studies, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden; Senior Economist, Development Research Group, World Bank, Washington, D.C.; and Research Fellow, Center for Economic Policy Research, London, United Kingdom
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This paper will discuss eight frequently asked questions about public corruption: (1) What is corruption? (2) Which countries are the most corrupt? (3) What are the common characteristics of countries with high corruption? (4) What is the magnitude of corruption? (5) Do higher wages for bureaucrats reduce corruption? (6) Can competition reduce corruption?( 7) Why have there been so few (recent) successful attempts to fight corruption? (8) Does corruption adversely affect growth?
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