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Political Instability, Corruption, and Economic Growth: Evidence from a Panel of OECD Countries

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  • Kaplan, Emin Ahmet

    (Gazi University)

  • Akçoraoğlu, Alpaslan

    (Gazi University)

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The major aim of this paper is to examine the empirical relations between economic growth and a broad group of political instability factors including corruption, government instability, internal and external conflicts, religious and ethnic tensions, democratic accountability and bureaucracy quality. Moreover, one of the main objectives of our paper is to explore the effects of serious problems such as political instability and corruption on economic growth for a panel of OECD countries by using the system-GMM (Generalized Method of Moments) estimator during the period 1984-2012. Our findings confirm most of the literature that political instability is negatively associated with economic growth. We found strong evidence in favor of the hypothesis that corruption negatively affects economic growth. Our paper presents strong evidence in favor of the view that government stability and internal and external conflicts are obstacles for rapid economic growth. However, the results of system-GMM estimation indicate that democratic accountability, ethnic and religious tensions and bureaucracy quality have no statistically significant impact on economic growth of OECD countries.

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  • Kaplan, Emin Ahmet & Akçoraoğlu, Alpaslan, 2017. "Political Instability, Corruption, and Economic Growth: Evidence from a Panel of OECD Countries," Business and Economics Research Journal, Uludag University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, vol. 8(3), pages 363-377, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:ris:buecrj:0277
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    1. Ekşi, Ibrahim Halil & Doğan, Berna, 2020. "Corruption and Financial Development — Evidence from Eastern Europe and Central Asia Countries," Public Finance Quarterly, Corvinus University of Budapest, vol. 65(2), pages 196-209.
    2. Dirks, Maximilian & Schmidt, Torsten, 2023. "The relationship between political instability and economic growth in advanced economies: Empirical evidence from a panel VAR and a dynamic panel FE-IV analysis," Ruhr Economic Papers 1000, RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-University Bochum, TU Dortmund University, University of Duisburg-Essen.
    3. syed, irfan, 2020. "A new framework of analysis of Political Risk in OECD Countries," MPRA Paper 102636, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 03 Apr 2020.
    4. Wen, Jun & Zhao, Xinxin & Fu, Qiang & Chang, Chun-Ping, 2023. "The impact of financial risk on green innovation: Global evidence," Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Elsevier, vol. 77(C).

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    Keywords

    Political Instability; Corruption; Economic Growth; Political Conflict;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
    • D73 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Bureaucracy; Administrative Processes in Public Organizations; Corruption
    • O43 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Institutions and Growth
    • P48 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Other Economic Systems - - - Legal Institutions; Property Rights; Natural Resources; Energy; Environment; Regional Studies

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