The Relationship Between Corruption and Income Inequality in U.S. states: Evidence From a Panel Cointegration and Error Correction Model
We investigate the causality between corruption and income inequality within a multivariate framework using a panel data set of all 50 U.S. states over the period 1980 to 2004. The heterogeneous panel cointegration test by Pedroni (Oxf. Bull. Econ. Stat. 61:653–670, 1999; Econom. Theory 20:597–627,...
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| description | We investigate the causality between corruption and income inequality within a multivariate framework using a panel data set of all 50 U.S. states over the period 1980 to 2004. The heterogeneous panel cointegration test by Pedroni (Oxf. Bull. Econ. Stat. 61:653–670, 1999; Econom. Theory 20:597–627, 2004) indicates that in the long run corruption and the unemployment rate have a positive and statistically significant impact on income inequality while a negative impact is found for real personal income per capita, education, and unionization rate. The Granger-causality results associated with a panel vector error correction model indicate both short-run and long-run bidirectional causality between corruption and income inequality. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-186392017-09-13T13:45:16Z The Relationship Between Corruption and Income Inequality in U.S. states: Evidence From a Panel Cointegration and Error Correction Model Apergis, Nicholas Dincer, O. Payne, J. Panel unit root and cointegration tests Income inequality Granger-causality Corruption We investigate the causality between corruption and income inequality within a multivariate framework using a panel data set of all 50 U.S. states over the period 1980 to 2004. The heterogeneous panel cointegration test by Pedroni (Oxf. Bull. Econ. Stat. 61:653–670, 1999; Econom. Theory 20:597–627, 2004) indicates that in the long run corruption and the unemployment rate have a positive and statistically significant impact on income inequality while a negative impact is found for real personal income per capita, education, and unionization rate. The Granger-causality results associated with a panel vector error correction model indicate both short-run and long-run bidirectional causality between corruption and income inequality. 2010 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/18639 10.1007/s11127-009-9557-1 Springer New York LLC restricted |
| spellingShingle | Panel unit root and cointegration tests Income inequality Granger-causality Corruption Apergis, Nicholas Dincer, O. Payne, J. The Relationship Between Corruption and Income Inequality in U.S. states: Evidence From a Panel Cointegration and Error Correction Model |
| title | The Relationship Between Corruption and Income Inequality in U.S. states: Evidence From a Panel Cointegration and Error Correction Model |
| title_full | The Relationship Between Corruption and Income Inequality in U.S. states: Evidence From a Panel Cointegration and Error Correction Model |
| title_fullStr | The Relationship Between Corruption and Income Inequality in U.S. states: Evidence From a Panel Cointegration and Error Correction Model |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Relationship Between Corruption and Income Inequality in U.S. states: Evidence From a Panel Cointegration and Error Correction Model |
| title_short | The Relationship Between Corruption and Income Inequality in U.S. states: Evidence From a Panel Cointegration and Error Correction Model |
| title_sort | relationship between corruption and income inequality in u.s. states: evidence from a panel cointegration and error correction model |
| topic | Panel unit root and cointegration tests Income inequality Granger-causality Corruption |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/18639 |