TY  - RPRT
CY  - Toulouse
ID  - publications49265
UR  - http://tse-fr.eu/pub/129283
A1  - Gasmi, Farid
A1  - Berté, Isacco
A1  - Demoury, Louise
A1  - Kouakou, Dorgyles C. M.
A1  - Patzig, Niklas
A1  - Recuero Virto, Laura
Y1  - 2024/04//
N2  - Using data on telecommunications from 1985 to 2022 in 103 countries, this article provides evidence of a robust nonlinear relationship between privatization and corruption showing that the latter has an inverted U-shape effect on the former. Using the Bayesian Corruption Index as a proxy for corruption, we find that the threshold beyond which higher levels of corruption do no longer foster privatization is slightly above 50% of the maximum value of this index.
The complexity of the relationship between privatization and corruption points to the need to develop sophisticated strategies to effectively combat corruption, the negative effects of which on social welfare have been widely discussed in the literature.
PB  - TSE Working Paper
T3  - TSE Working Paper
KW  - Privatization
KW  - Corruption
KW  - Telecommunications
KW  - Nonlinearity
M1  - working_paper
TI  - The privatization-corruption relationship is nonlinear: Evidence from 1985-2022 data on telecommunications in 103 countries
AV  - public
EP  - 28
ER  -