Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.1080/1331677X.2019.1655467
Determinants of corruption in Nigeria: evidence from various estimation techniques
Abu Nurudeen
; Department of Economics, Umaru Musa Yar’adua University, Katsina, Nigeria
Marcin Waldemar Staniewski
; Faculty of Management and Finance, University of Economics and Human Sciences in Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
Abstract
Reducing corruption has been one major challenge facing government and policy makers in Nigeria. This study employs the ARDL, CCR and FMOLS methods to assess the determinants of corruption in Nigeria over the period 1984–2016. The result of the cointegration test indicates that corruption and its determinants (economic development, political rights, military expenditure, rents, civil liberties and openness) have a long-run relationship. The results of the ARDL, CCR and FMOLS estimation demonstrate that economic development, political rights, military expenditure, rents, civil liberties and openness, are the main determinants of corruption in the long-run. Higher-economic development, greater civil liberties, more openness and higher military expenditure are related to lower corruption, but higher rents and political rights are associated with higher corruption. Based on these outcomes, this study recommends policies to promote economic development, civil liberties, political rights and openness, including reducing the reliance on the oil sector to curb corruption in Nigeria.
Keywords
Corruption; economic development; civil liberties; military expenditure; rents; and openness
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229628
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Publication date:
22.1.2019.
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