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Threshold Impact of Corruption on Income Inequality-Social Transfers Nexus in Central and Eastern Europe       
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Doç. Dr. Emin Efecan AKTAŞ Doç. Dr. Emin Efecan AKTAŞ
Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Devamını Göster
Özet
Corruption, which adversely affects macroeconomic aspects such as growth, investment, and income distribution, causes the anticipated accomplishment from social transfers not to be realized. In this study, the income inequality effects of social transfers under the corruption threshold are investigated with the annual data of 19 Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) countries for the period 1999-2019. Following Hansen's (1999) and Wang's (2015) modeling, it has been detected that corruption has a significant threshold effect on this relationship. Two thresholds have been specified. Below the first threshold of 3.520, the relationship between social transfers and income inequality is inverse. Above this threshold level and the second threshold value of 3.577, the relationship is in the same direction. In 19 CEE countries, it can be concluded that an augmentation in the corruption and the abuse of social transfers by public officials may amplify income inequality.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Corruption | Income inequality | Social transfer | Threshold
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü ESCI dergilerinde yayımlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı EASTERN JOURNAL OF EUROPEAN STUDIES
Dergi ISSN 2068-651X
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler ESCI, SCOPUS
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 10-2022
Cilt No 13
Sayfalar 73 / 98
Doi Numarası 10.47743/ejes-2022-SI05
Makale Linki https://ejes.uaic.ro/articles/EJES2022_13SI_AKT.pdf