Corruption and Competition

摘要：

An interesting aspect of corruption is that its damaging effects on economic growth seem to differ significantly across countries. In large and regionally diverse countries such as China and India, rampant corruption has not slowed down growth; in many African and South American countries corrupt officials severely retard growth. We examine corruption associated with the provision of government goods and services. Corruption occurs when the government cannot raise sufficient revenues to finance the costly provision, and bribes can be regarded as user fees. With multiple officials providing the same good or service, the user fee is determined competitively and the pernicious effects of corruption are minimized. We also examine how economic agents and the central government can restrain corrupt officials.

关键词： Corruption institutions competition taxes user fee

作者: Franklin Allen Jun “QJ Qian

作者单位: Finance Department The Wharton School University of Pennsylvania Finance Department, Carroll School of Management, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 2007年中国金融国际年会

会议地点: 成都

会议语种:英文

页码: 1-30

在线出版日期: 2007-07-09（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）