Authors
Oğuzhan DİNÇER Illinois State University, Amerika
Prof. Dr. Burak GÜNALP Çankaya Üniversitesi, Türkiye

Abstract

Using the newly constructed Federal Regulation and State Enterprise Index (FRASE Index) to measure the federal regulations and the existing Corruption Convictions Index (CCI), we investigate the effects of federal regulations on corruption in U.S. states. Controlling for several demographic and economic variables including the Fraser Institute's Economic Freedom Index (EFI), which measures the size and scope of government in U.S. states, we find a positive and statistically significant relationship between federal regulations and corruption. Our findings have important policy implications. A 1 standard deviation increase in FRASE Index causes CCI to increase by approximately 0.5 standard deviations. Standardized coefficient of EFI is also approximately equal to 0.5. In other words, it is possible to mitigate the effects of regulations at the federal level by reducing the size and the scope of the government at the state level.

Keywords

Article Type	Özgün Makale
Article SubType	SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayımlanan tam makale
Journal Name	European Journal of Political Economy
Journal ISSN	0176-2680
Indexes covering the journal	SSCI
Journal Quartile	Q2
Article Language	İngilizce
Publication Date	07-2020
Volume	65
Number	101924
Pages	1 / 11
Article URL	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2020.101924

Citations
SSCI/AHCI/SCI/ESCI	7
Scopus Citations	0
Other Citations	0