Browsing School of Economics (SE) Collections by Subject "Corruption"

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    • Corruption and firm-level productivity: greasing or sanding effect? 

      Bbaale, Edward; Okumu, Ibrahim Mike (Emerald Publishing Limited, 2018)
      Purpose: Corruption was ranked among the top five biggest obstacles affecting the operation of enterprises in Africa and was rated as a severe obstacle by close to 40 percent of firms in the sample. Consequently, the ...

    • Does Size Matter? Scale, Corruption and Uncertainty 

      Forgues-Puccio, Gonzalo; Okumu, Ibrahim Mike (2012)
      We study the role of the size of the economy in mitigating the impact of public sector corruption on economic development. The analysis is based on a dynamic general equilibrium model in which growth occurs endogenously ...

    • The Effect of Corruption on Economic Growth in Uganda (2005-2016) 

      Mohamed, Abdukadir Abdirahman (Makerere University, 2018-01)
      This paper investigates “The Impact of Corruption on Economic Growth in Uganda” as an academic oriented study. The main objective is to examine the extent to which corruption indicators influence the GDP growth position ...

    • Essays on governance, public finance, and economic development 

      Okumu, Ibrahim Mike (University of St Andrews, 2014)
      This thesis is composed of three distinct but related essays. The first essay studies the role of the size of the economy in mitigating the impact of public sector corruption on economic development. The analysis is based ...

    • Foreign aid, economic development and corruption 

      Okumu, Ibrahim Mike (2015-06)
      We adopt a dynamic general equilibrium model in which bureaucratic corruption leads to poor quality public services thereby incentivising households to engage in tax evasion. With aid, government is able to shore up the ...

    • Public debt and economic growth in East African Community : the role of corruption 

      Namukwaya, Caroline (Makerere University, 2019-09)
      Having observed a number of research findings indicating that public debt negatively affects economic growth, this study set out to examine whether the impact of public debt is mediated by the level of corruption in the ...