The Effects of Corruption and Seigniorage on Growth and Inflation


Autoria(s): Garcia Fortuny, Judit
Contribuinte(s)

Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Departament d'Economia

Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Centre de Recerca en Economia Industrial i Economia Pública

Data(s)

2014

Resumo

In the last two decades, cases of corruption have been unveiled in different countries, raising public awareness and reinforcing a trend in which society expects more from their leaders. Our objective in this paper is to examine the effects of corruption and seigniorage on inflation and growth rates. The model used in this article is an extension of the model used by Huang and Wei (2006). We find interesting results and one of them is that, under some conditions, corruption has a positive impact on the growth rate. JEL classification : D73, E52, E58, E62. Keywords : Corruption; Fiscal Policy; Growth; Monetary Policy; Seigniorage.

Formato

24 p.

Identificador

http://hdl.handle.net/2072/246961

Idioma(s)

eng

Publicador

Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Departament d'Economia

Relação

Documents de treball del Departament d'Economia;2014-27

Direitos

info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

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Fonte

RECERCAT (Dipòsit de la Recerca de Catalunya)

Palavras-Chave #Corrupció #Política monetària #Bancs centrals #Política fiscal #Creixement econòmic
Tipo

info:eu-repo/semantics/workingPaper