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Corruption and Political Competition

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dc.creator Damania, Richard
dc.creator Yalcýn, Erkan
dc.date 2008
dc.date.accessioned 2013-10-16T06:57:41Z
dc.date.available 2013-10-16T06:57:41Z
dc.date.issued 2013-10-16
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10419/17979
dc.identifier ppn:560134053
dc.identifier RePEc:zbw:ifwedp:7128
dc.identifier.uri http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/17979
dc.description There is a growing evidence that political corruption is often closely associated with the rent seeking activities of special interest groups. This paper examines the nature of the interaction between the lobbying activities of special interest groups and the incidence of political corruption and determines whether electoral competition can eliminate political corruption. We obtain some striking results. Greater electoral competition serves to lessen policy distortions. However, this in turn stimulates more intense lobbying which increases the scope of corrupt behavior. It is shown that electoral competition merely serves to alter the type of corruption that eventuates, but cannot eliminate it.
dc.language eng
dc.publisher Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW) Kiel
dc.relation Economics Discussion Papers / Institut für Weltwirtschaft 2008-7
dc.rights http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/de/deed.en
dc.subject D72
dc.subject D73
dc.subject ddc:330
dc.subject Corruption
dc.subject lobbying
dc.subject political competition
dc.subject Korruption
dc.subject Interessenpolitik
dc.subject Wahlkampf
dc.subject Public Choice
dc.subject Theorie
dc.title Corruption and Political Competition
dc.type doc-type:workingPaper


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