Corruption, Structural Reforms, and Economic Performance in the Transition Economies

July 1, 2000

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George T. Abed, and Hamid R Davoodi. Corruption, Structural Reforms, and Economic Performance in the Transition Economies, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2000) accessed December 23, 2024

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Summary

Recent studies have highlighted the adverse impact of corruption on economic performance. This paper advances the hypothesis that corruption is largely a symptom of underlying weaknesses in public policies and institutions, a formulation that provides deeper insights into economic performance than do measures of “perceived corruption.” The hypothesis is tested by assessing the relative importance of structural reforms vs. corruption in explaining macroeconomic performance in the transition economies. The paper finds that for four widely used measures of economic performance—growth, inflation, the fiscal balance, and foreign direct investment—structural reforms tend to dominate the corruption variable.

Subject: Balance of payments, Corruption, Crime, Exchange rate arrangements, Fiscal policy, Fiscal stance, Foreign direct investment, Foreign exchange, Macrostructural analysis, Structural reforms

Keywords: Corruption, Exchange rate, Exchange rate arrangements, Fiscal stance, Foreign direct investment, GDP growth, Inflation rate, Priori country classification, Reform index, Reforming country, Structural reform, Structural reforms, Transition economies, Transition economy, Wage inflation, WP

Publication Details

Pages:

47
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Working Paper No. 2000/132
Stock No:

WPIEA1322000
ISBN:

9781451855371
ISSN:

1018-5941

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