Abstract The relationship between bureaucratic corruption and economic growth has been a much debated topic in the studies of economics and political science in the past decades. However, no theoretical consensus has been reached in this field. Corresponding to the divergence in theoretical perspectives, empirical evidence is mixed as well. As a fundamental step to examine the correlation between corruption and economic growth, this review provides a systematic review of the existing theoretical and empirical research on corruption’s growth effects. Meanwhile, the definition and statistical measurement of corruption is also discussed. This review makes new contributions to the extant corruption literature since it not only incorporates the latest scholarship on the topic but highlights corruption’s differential growth effects in different organisational, institutional and geographical contexts.

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腐败与经济增长：绝对障碍还是有效油脂？

摘要在过去的几十年中，官僚腐败与经济增长之间的关系一直是经济学和政治学研究中一个备受争议的话题。但是，在这一领域尚未达成理论共识。对应于理论观点的分歧，经验证据也好坏参半。作为研究腐败与经济增长之间关系的基本步骤，本篇综述提供了对腐败增长影响的现有理论和实证研究的系统综述。同时，讨论了腐败的定义和统计测度。