Essays on Economic Aspects of Corruption

In the last part, an exercise which uses a natural resource extraction model to theoretically examine corrupt privatization is presented. Corrupt officials have been known to use their authority to manipulate the privatization process in return for private benefits. The optimal time path of privatization by corrupt officials is found and its consequences are discussed. Then the effects of decentralizing the privatization process are analyzed. The model indicates that decentralization decreases the total privatization time. Under a given condition, decentralization also decreases corruption and the total revenue, and increases consumer surplus.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Arikan, Guzin Gulsun

Contributors dc:contributor

• Brueckner, Jan K.

• Political Science, Public Administration

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI3160858

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/87916