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Corruption Across Government Occupations: Cross‐National Survey Evidence

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  • Rajeev K. Goel
  • Ummad Mazhar
  • Michael A. Nelson

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This paper uses survey data on cross‐national corruption to examine determinants of corruption. The key contribution is in examining differences in corruption across various government occupations: (i) (general) government officials; (ii) customs officers; and (iii) police officers. We find significant differences in corruption across these occupations and factors driving overall corrupt activity, including personal attributes of bribe givers, macroeconomic and institutional factors, and these factors do not necessarily exert similar influences across all government occupations. In particular, police corruption seems qualitatively different from corruption in other occupations. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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  • Rajeev K. Goel & Ummad Mazhar & Michael A. Nelson, 2016. "Corruption Across Government Occupations: Cross‐National Survey Evidence," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 28(8), pages 1220-1234, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:jintdv:v:28:y:2016:i:8:p:1220-1234
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    1. Dennis Ridley, 2021. "Capitalism/Democracy/Rule of Law Interactions and Implications for Entrepreneurship and Per Capita Real Gross Domestic Product Adjusted for Purchasing Power Parity," Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Springer;Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET), vol. 12(1), pages 384-411, March.
    2. Salvatore Capasso & Rajeev K. Goel & James W. Saunoris, 2019. "Is it the gums, teeth or the bite? Effectiveness of dimensions of enforcement in curbing corruption," Economics of Governance, Springer, vol. 20(4), pages 329-369, December.
    3. Dennis Ridley & Abdullah Khan, 2019. "Decoupling Entrepreneurship Capital from Capital Stock," Bulletin of Political Economy, Bulletin of Political Economy, vol. 13(1), pages 85-94, June.
    4. Goel, Rajeev K. & Saunoris, James W., 2022. "Corrupt thy neighbor? New evidence of corruption contagion from bordering nations," Journal of Policy Modeling, Elsevier, vol. 44(3), pages 635-652.

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