Mansouri, Amin and Afghah, Morteza (2019) Impact of corruption and crime on smuggling: evidence from Iran. Journal of International Studies, 15. pp. 55-72. ISSN 1823-691X

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Abstract

The main purpose of this research is to investigate the size and the relationship between smuggling and crime indexes such as returned checks, corruption and drinking alcohol in Iran during the period 1984–2015 by using Multiple Indicators Multiple Causes (MIMIC) model and Maximum Likelihood Estimation (MLE) method. The results showed that among the crime indexes, divorce, drinking alcohol and corruption were positively correlated with smuggling, while another crime index, returned checks had a negative relationship with smuggling. Besides, all socio-economic cause variables on smuggling, including tariffs, misery index, illiteracy, gap of exchange rate, economic openness index and the size of government were found to increase smuggling. Furthermore, the findings showed that the cause variables on smuggling, including liquidity and energy consumption were positively correlated with smuggling.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Crime, misery index, illiteracy, corruption, MIMIC, smuggling.
Subjects:	J Political Science > JZ International relations
Divisions:	School of International Studies
Depositing User:	Mrs. Norazmilah Yaakub
Date Deposited:	30 Apr 2020 02:52
Last Modified:	30 Apr 2020 02:52
URI:	https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/26959

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