Corruption and the composition of government expenditure

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Mauro, P
• 署名单位: International Monetary Fund
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0047-2727
• DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(98)00025-5
• 发表日期: 1998
• 页码: 263-279
• 关键词: corruption; public expenditure; education; HEALTH

摘要

This paper asks whether predatory behavior by corrupt politicians distorts the composition of government expenditure. Corruption is found to reduce government spending on education in a cross section of countries. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science S.A.