Özet:

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the empirical findings of studies applied on the subject of corruption. A first group of studies is about the determinants of corruption and a second group of studies is about the consequences of corruption. According to the findings of the first group of studies: rule of law, government expenditure, bureaucratic quality, natural resource abundance, industrialization policies, degree of competitiveness, wages and wages in the public sector and anti-corruption laws are found to be the main determinants of corruption. According to the findings of the second group of studies: low level of economic growth, high level of inflationist pressure variability, low level of foreign direct investment, decreasing level of government revenues, increase in level of capital intense public investment, increase in the size of underground economy, decrease in educational and health expenditures increase in military spending, worsening income distribution are found to be the main consequences of corruption.

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