Research Article

Determinants of Corruption: The Case of Sub-Saharan Africa

Volume: 76 Number: 2 June 28, 2021
  • Adem Gök
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Determinants of Corruption: The Case of Sub-Saharan Africa

Abstract

Corruption has been an epidemic in Africa since the age of colonization. The average level of corruption in Sub-Saharan Africa has been on the rise since. The results support the theory of self-reinforcing corruption in the sense that past corruption levels become an important determinant of current corruption levels due to strategic complementarity. The gap between more corrupt and less corrupt countries stays the same as more corrupt countries turning into more corrupt and less corrupt countries turning into less corrupt, demonstrating that corruption is pervasive in Sub-Saharan Africa. For the institutional determinants, we found that increase in political stability, better regulatory quality and higher level of democracy decreases the level of corruption in Sub-Saharan Africa. For the economic determinants, we found that a higher level of development and higher trade integration decreases the level of corruption and higher government expenditure and higher level of natural resources increases the level of corruption in Sub-Saharan Africa. For the socio demographic determinants, we found that higher level of infrastructure decreases the level of corruption while higher share of women in labor force, higher level of population and higher level of urbanization increases corruption in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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References

  1. Referans 1 Aborisade, R. A., & Aliyyu, N. B. (2018). Corruption and Africa. In the Development of Africa (pp. 227- 254). Springer, Cham.

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Primary Language

English

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Research Article

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Publication Date

June 28, 2021

Submission Date

October 9, 2019

Acceptance Date

January 30, 2020

Published in Issue

Year 2021 Volume: 76 Number: 2

APA
Gök, A. (2021). Determinants of Corruption: The Case of Sub-Saharan Africa. Ankara Üniversitesi SBF Dergisi, 76(2), 523-546. https://doi.org/10.33630/ausbf.810698
AMA
1.Gök A. Determinants of Corruption: The Case of Sub-Saharan Africa. SBF Dergisi. 2021;76(2):523-546. doi:10.33630/ausbf.810698
Chicago
Gök, Adem. 2021. “Determinants of Corruption: The Case of Sub-Saharan Africa”. Ankara Üniversitesi SBF Dergisi 76 (2): 523-46. https://doi.org/10.33630/ausbf.810698.
EndNote
Gök A (June 1, 2021) Determinants of Corruption: The Case of Sub-Saharan Africa. Ankara Üniversitesi SBF Dergisi 76 2 523–546.
IEEE
[1]A. Gök, “Determinants of Corruption: The Case of Sub-Saharan Africa”, SBF Dergisi, vol. 76, no. 2, pp. 523–546, June 2021, doi: 10.33630/ausbf.810698.
ISNAD
Gök, Adem. “Determinants of Corruption: The Case of Sub-Saharan Africa”. Ankara Üniversitesi SBF Dergisi 76/2 (June 1, 2021): 523-546. https://doi.org/10.33630/ausbf.810698.
JAMA
1.Gök A. Determinants of Corruption: The Case of Sub-Saharan Africa. SBF Dergisi. 2021;76:523–546.
MLA
Gök, Adem. “Determinants of Corruption: The Case of Sub-Saharan Africa”. Ankara Üniversitesi SBF Dergisi, vol. 76, no. 2, June 2021, pp. 523-46, doi:10.33630/ausbf.810698.
Vancouver
1.Adem Gök. Determinants of Corruption: The Case of Sub-Saharan Africa. SBF Dergisi. 2021 Jun. 1;76(2):523-46. doi:10.33630/ausbf.810698

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