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Corruption and Political Stability: Does the Youth Bulge Matter?
Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza; Witthuhn, Stefan - 2016
This study shows that the relative size of the youth bulge matters for how corruption affects the internal stability of … a political system. We argue that corruption cannot buy political stability (e.g., the greasing hypothesis) in countries … find a negative interaction effect between the relative size of the youth population and corruption on internal political …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011480473
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Demographic Transition and Political Stability: Does Corruption Matter?
Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza; Witthuhn, Stefan - 2014
hypothesize that corruption matters in this nexus. Using panel data covering the period of 2002-2012 for more than 150 countries … total working age population (15-64 years old) and corruption on political stability. This finding is robust, controlling … between corruption and the youth population remains robust when we control for the persistency of political stability and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010480811
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Political stability and fiscal policy : time series evidence for the Swiss federal level since 1849
Feld, Lars P.; Schaltegger, Christoph A. - 2009
This paper explores the role of political stability on fiscal policy choices in a time-series analysis over 158 years on the Swiss federal level. We argue that the fiscal-commons problem of public finances is affected by the time-horizon of a finance minister. Arguably, the incentives for an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010266053
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Covid-19 Fatalities and Internal Conflict: Does Government Economic Support Matter?
Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza; Gholipour, Hassan F. - 2021
In this study, we look at the association between COVID-19 fatality rate and internal conflict, highlighting the importance of government economic support under the pandemic as a moderating factor. Our main hypothesis implies that increased COVID-19 fatality rates are likely to be positively...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012799652
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Resource Rents, Power, and Political Stability
Bjorvatn, Kjetil; Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza - 2014
We study the association between resource rents and political stability, highlighting the importance of the distribution of political power as a mediating factor. We present a simple theoretical model showing that increased rents are likely to be positively associated with the stability of a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010352396
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Political Stability and Economic Prosperity: Are Coups Bad for Growth?
Blum, Johannes; Gründler, Klaus - 2020
We provide evidence that political instability deteriorates economic growth. We establish this result based on panel difference-in-differences strategies and dynamic panel data models using a large sample of 180 countries, a novel geocoded dataset for 2,660 regions, and micro data for about...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012227657
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Political Stability and Economic Prosperity : Are Coups Bad for Growth?
Blum, Johannes - 2020
We provide evidence that political instability deteriorates economic growth. We establish this result based on panel difference-in-differences strategies and dynamic panel data models using a large sample of 180 countries, a novel geocoded dataset for 2,660 regions, and micro data for about...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012832193
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The Economics of Politically Connected Firms
Choi, Jay Pil; Thum, Marcel P. - 2021
Political connections between firms and autocratic regimes are not secret and often even publicly displayed in many developing economies. We argue that tying a firm's available rent to a regime's survival acts as a credible commitment forcing entrepreneurs to support the government and to exert...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317003
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Social Capital and Crises with an Application to Iceland
Gylfason, Thorvaldur - 2015
Economic growth is propelled in part by the accumulation of different kinds of capital, including social capital in its several guises. This paper considers the interplay between financial crises and various aspects of social capital which, if it is allowed to depreciate, can undermine economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307092
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Petty Corruption and Citizen Feedback
Angelucci, Charles; Russo, Antonio - 2015
Numerous countries are introducing citizen feedback schemes to tame corruption. We study how best to incorporate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011388212