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An analysis of corruption: the American continent versus Romania

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  • Silviu DU?ULESCU

    (The Bucharest University of Economic Studies)

  • Ileana NI?ULESCU-ASHRAFZADEH

    (The Bucharest University of Economic Studies)

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Corruption has become one of the most vicious mass phenomena, affecting, in most cases, the general wealth of the population. The paper closely surveys a set of measurable variables which have a very high impact over the dimensions of corruption as a phenomenon. Two of the aforementioned variables are part of a bureaucratic component, specific to the public system – the number of taxes, duties and contributions that an economic entity has to pay for the right to conduct business on the territory of a state, and the amount of time assigned for the payment of the duties for a year’s interval. The variable, generally called the taxation level, assumes an economic perspective over the phenomenon of corruption, which may be encouraged or, on the contrary, inhibited by the government’s fiscal strategy. The last component, called Human Development Index (HDI), assumes a social perspective over corruption, surveying the people’s behavior, which is also able to amplify or decrease the dimensions of corruption as a phenomenon. The whole scientific attempt is synthesized in the form of a corruption map, based on the estimated spread of the phenomenon for each surveyed country.

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  • Silviu DU?ULESCU & Ileana NI?ULESCU-ASHRAFZADEH, 2016. "An analysis of corruption: the American continent versus Romania," The Audit Financiar journal, Chamber of Financial Auditors of Romania, vol. 14(136), pages 436-436, Aprilie.
    • Handle: RePEc:aud:audfin:v:14:y:2016:i:136:p:436
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    Keywords

    Corruption; Country charts; Corruption map; American Continent;
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    JEL classification:

    • C31 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models; Quantile Regressions; Social Interaction Models
    • D11 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Theory
    • O11 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development

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