Investigating the Factors Affecting Administrative Corruption in Selected Oil-producing Countries with a Regional Development Planning Approach: Using the Quantile Panel Model

Corruption reduces economic growth by reducing investment, reducing the use of public services, and increasing inequality, with negative economic, political, and social consequences. Therefore, the study of corruption and the factors affecting it is one of the issues that have been considered by economists and regional development policy makers. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the factors affecting corruption in oil-producing countries in the period 1996-2017 with a view to regional development, and in this regard, the Quantile panel method has been used. Because the countries in question have different income levels, they are divided into two groups; Countries with high per capita incomes and countries with low incomes are classified. Research shows that increasing economic growth, democracy and improving the distribution of income in both groups of countries can reduce corruption. On the other hand, the increase in the two variables "government-to-GDP ratio" and "bureaucratic index" in low-income oil-producing countries increases corruption; While in high-income oil-producing countries, it leads to an improvement in the corruption index. Corruption reduces economic growth by reducing investment, reducing the use of public services, and increasing inequality, with negative economic, political, and social consequences. Therefore, the study of corruption and the factors affecting it is one of the issues that have been considered by economists and regional development policy makers. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the factors affecting corruption in oil-producing countries in the period 1996-2017 with a view to regional development, and in this regard, the Quantile panel method has been used. Because the countries in question have different income levels, they are divided into two groups; Countries with high per capita incomes and countries with low incomes are classified. Research shows that increasing economic growth, democracy and improving the distribution of income in both groups of countries can reduce corruption. On the other hand, the increase in the two variables "government-to-GDP ratio" and "bureaucratic index" in low-income oil-producing countries increases corruption; while in high-income oil-producing countries, it leads to an improvement in the corruption index.