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Controversies abound over whether political corruption handicaps the disadvantaged, facilitates government action, or simply inflates government costs. Multivariate analysis using data from the American states supports none of the hypotheses. Rather, corruption appears to have virtually no policy impact, either directly or in interaction with party competition.
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Nice, D.C. The policy consequences of political corruption. Polit Behav 8, 287–295 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01002102
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