Contributor
Daniel L. Millimet
Abstract
This dissertation focuses on explaining causal relationships between corruption and various economic and political policies and institutions like governmental decentralization in countries, membership to an international organization like the World Trade Organization (WTO), and federal regulatory constraints of industries in the United States. While identifying causality in issues concerning corruption and these above-mentioned factors is crucial, attaining it credibly is not straightforward. Measurement error and/or unobserved heterogeneity make a causal analysis challenging. This dissertation, therefore, attempts to apply state-of-the-art econometric techniques to circumvent the empirical issues underlying such studies and identify the causal link. Alongside the applications, this work strives to provide with plausible illustration of each technique in the current context as relevant to a specific question at hand.
Degree Date
Spring 5-19-2018
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Department
Economics
Advisor
Daniel L. Millimet
Subject Area
Economics
Format
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 License
Recommended Citation
Choudhury, Sanchari, "Empirical Essays on Corruption" (2018). Economics Theses and Dissertations. 2.
https://scholar.smu.edu/hum_sci_economics_etds/2
