Document Type : ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Authors
1 1. PhD student in economics, Islamic Azad University, Arak, Iran
2 2. Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Islamic Azad University
3 Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Islamic Azad University
Abstract
Economic growth is affected by the speed of innovation. This is possible due to the rapid development of technology, shorter product life cycle and more evaluation of new products. Corruption is one of the most important challenges affecting the country's development at the national and international levels. Corruption is affected by several factors, such as innovation, population, the volume of government activities, the human development index, the degree of commercial openness, the rent of natural resources, etc. Also, corruption is influenced by the national and international conditions of the country and the spillover from other regions, especially neighboring countries. Countries with common borders have similar economic, political, historical, cultural, and common language characteristics, which lead to similar behaviors that can affect corruption. The extent of corruption in a country can infect adjacent and related areas in various ways. The purpose of the current research is to investigate the factors affecting corruption with an emphasis on innovation for the country of Iran and six neighboring countries with a land border with Iran, using a dynamic spatial panel approach in the time period of 2008-2022. The variable of the ratio of government expenditure to GDP in the short and long term has a positive relationship with corruption. The variables of corruption interval, spatial interval corruption, population and rent of natural resources have a positive effect on corruption in Iran and neighboring countries, but they have different short-term and long-term effects on corruption.
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