Document Type
Working Paper
Publication Date
2019
College/Unit
Chambers College of Business and Economics
Document Number
19-04
Department/Program/Center
Economics
Abstract
Income, economic freedom, and corruption interact in complex ways as all three variables are arguably endogenous. We explicitly model this endogeneity using a panel VAR framework. The pVAR models we estimate are able to explicitly model this endogeneity better than the single-equation panel data models previously used in the literature. Using data on corruption and income from the World Bank and economic freedom from the Fraser Institute, we provide evidence that corruption and the absence of economic freedom have a negative effect on national income.
Digital Commons Citation
Hall, Joshua; Levendis, John; and Scarcioffolo, Alexandre R., "The Efficient Corruption Hypothesis and the Dynamics between Economic Freedom, Corruption, and National Income" (2019). Economics Faculty Working Papers Series. 38.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/econ_working-papers/38