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Externalities in the rent-seeking strategies of lobbying and bribery
Abbas Khandan* 
Article | Year: 2022 | Pages: 421 - 450 | Volume: 46 | Issue: 3 Received: April 18, 2021 | Accepted: May 23, 2022 | Published online: August 29, 2022
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FIGURES & DATA
REFERENCES
CROSSMARK POLICY
METRICS
LICENCING
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Source: Author's estimates.
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Min
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Mean
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Max
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Range
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Lobbying
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18.39
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58.76
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89.76
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0-100
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Bribery
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35.24
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76.84
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95.07
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1-100
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GDP per capita (PPP-adjusted 2017
US dollars)
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2,103.5
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22,551.6
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97,801
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Confidence in the judiciary
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1.533
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2.548
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3.246
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1-4
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Confidence in the press
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0.81
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1.317
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1.893
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1-4
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Economic instability
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30.03
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53.27
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75.24
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0-100
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Social disapproval of bribery
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6.78
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9.01
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9.82
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1-10
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Government expenditures
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5.6
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14.68
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20.77
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0-100
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Linkage costs
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2.02
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3.88
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6.3
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1-10
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Business cooperation
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3.7
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22.29
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54
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0-100
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Model 2
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Model 1
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Lobby
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LN (Bribery)
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Lobby
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Bribery
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|
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0.0006
(0.0002)***
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0.0001
(0.005)
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Lobbying
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0.14
(0.24)
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0.18
(0.25)
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Bribery
|
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8.2
(3.01)***
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-0.0097
(0.0044)**
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8.32
(3.23)**
|
0.021
(0.14)
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LN (GDP per capita)
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|
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-0.084
(0.24)
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0.01
(0.009)
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Economic
Instability
|
|
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-0.26
(0.054)***
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-4.3
(1.7)**
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Confidence in the Judicial
System
|
|
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-0.021
(0.012)*
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0.13
(0.38)
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Confidence
in the Press
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-0.053
(0.016)***
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-6.8
(0.51)***
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Social disapproval
of bribery
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0.00056
(0.0002)***
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0.094
(0.006)***
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Interaction
(Social disapproval x Bribery)
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0.0035
(0.0006)***
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0.043
(0.02)**
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Interaction (Confidence
in the Judiciary x Bribery)
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2.31
(0.63)***
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1.81
(0.62)***
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Gov.
Expenditures
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-9.76
(4.57)**
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-2.41
(2.83)
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Linkage Costs
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-0.923
(0.63)
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0.28
(17.1)
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Business
Cooperation
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0.34
(0.17)**
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Interaction (Business
Cooperation x Linkage Cost)
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-35.04
(38.9)
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4.49
(0.067)***
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-54.15
(39.6)
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75.46
(2.24)***
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Constant
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0.361
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0.99
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0.299
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0.998
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R-Square Adjusted
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5.24
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647.34
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4.2
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2616.9
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F-test
statistic
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0.000
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0.000
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0.002
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0.000
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F-test P-value
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Standard deviations are reported in parentheses. Statistical significance of coefficients are shown by asterisk; *** (significant at 1%), ** (significant at 5%) and * (significant at 10%). Source: Author’s estimations.
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