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标题：Determinants of corruption: can we put all countries in the same basket?
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作者：Blaise Gnimassoun ; Joseph Keneck Massil
期刊名称：European Journal of Comparative Economics
印刷版ISSN：1824-2979
出版年度：2019
卷号：16
期号：2
页码：239-276
DOI：10.25428/1824-2979/201902-239-276
语种：English
出版社：European Association for Comparative Economic Studies and Universita Carlo Cattaneo
摘要：This paper aims to study the determinants of corruption by examining specificities relating to the region and the level of economic development. Starting from a cross-sectional study on 130 countries, we rely on the Bayesian Model Averaging (BMA) approach to address the issue of model uncertainty and identify the key determinants of corruption according to the level of development and the region. Our results highlight the need for specific remedies in the fight against corruption given the regional, sociocultural, economic and institutional specificities. Indeed, the key determinants of corruption in sub-Saharan Africa are not the most relevant in the East Asia and Pacific region. Similarly, the most important determinants in developed countries are not the most worrying in developing countries.