Connecting corruption to ethnic polarization and religious fractionalization
Abstract
Purpose
The paper aims to investigate the connection between corruption and ethnic polarization and religious fractionalization.
Design/methodology/approach
Analysis of variance and regression expectation models were used to identify groups of countries for their similarities and differences.
Findings
Results show that significant statistical differences exist between the countries grouped by human development, income and developing countries. Countries with expectations higher or lower than the norm in corruption were identified.
Originality/value
The paper highlights the connection between corruption and ethnicity for some 127 countries.
Keywords
Citation
Nissan, E. and Naghshpour, S. (2013), "Connecting corruption to ethnic polarization and religious fractionalization", Journal of Economic Studies, Vol. 40 No. 6, pp. 763-774. https://doi.org/10.1108/JES-12-2011-0147
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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