The purpose of this study is to examine and analyse how corruption can have different outcome on economic growth. A clear division can be seen in Sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia where corruption have different economic outcomes. The countries in this study are the following: Botswana, Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia. The thesis composes of data over corruption indexes, annual growth in GDP, and socio-economic indicators such as political stability and Rule of Law. The result from theassembled statistics is analysed through the Principal -Agent theory as well as previous research. Previous research includes both positive and negative studies on corruption. The conclusion is that corruption has not a direct effect on economic growth but socio-economic indicators have an important role to explain the different outcome on corruption. The Principal-Agent theory helps us to un derstand the structure of the governmental body and the outcome of corruption.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:liu-129844 |
| Date | January 2016 |
| Creators | Brandt Hjertstedt, Amalia, Cetina, Hana |
| Publisher | Linköpings universitet, Nationalekonomi, Linköpings universitet, Institutionen för beteendevetenskap och lärande, Linköpings universitet, Nationalekonomi |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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