Internet Adoption, Digital Divide, and Corruption: Evidence from ECOWAS Countries

IF 0.9 Q3 ECONOMICS

Scientific Annals of Economics and Business Pub Date : 2023-06-19 DOI:10.47743/saeb-2023-0023

Driss Tsouli

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Abstract

This paper aims to extend the existing literature on Internet adoption and corruption by analyzing the factors impacting the digital divide and assessing the impact of Internet adoption on corruption reduction in the Economic Community of West African States (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Cote d’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo). The study uses fixed and random effect panel data techniques covering 17 years (2003-2019), to exploit the times series nature of the relationship between the digital divide and its determinants. In addition, it aims to assess the impact of internet adoption along with other control variables on corruption. The estimation results show that per capita income, human capital, age, population density, government effectiveness, political stability, and the rule of law significantly affect the digital divide in ECOWAS. The findings reveal also that internet adoption affects positively the level of corruption control; the impact of an increase in internet users of 1% implies an increase in corruption control between 0.05% and 0.06%.

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互联网采用、数字鸿沟和腐败：来自西非经共体国家的证据

本文旨在通过分析影响数字鸿沟的因素，并评估西非国家经济共同体(贝宁、布基纳法索、佛得角、科特迪瓦、冈比亚、加纳、几内亚、几内亚比绍、利比里亚、马里、尼日尔、尼日利亚、塞内加尔、塞拉利昂和多哥)采用互联网对减少腐败的影响，扩展现有关于互联网采用与腐败的文献。该研究使用了覆盖17年(2003-2019年)的固定效应和随机效应面板数据技术，以利用数字鸿沟与其决定因素之间关系的时间序列性质。此外，它旨在评估互联网采用以及其他控制变量对腐败的影响。估算结果表明，人均收入、人力资本、年龄、人口密度、政府效率、政治稳定性和法治显著影响西非经共体的数字鸿沟。调查结果还显示，互联网的采用对腐败控制水平有积极影响;互联网用户增加1%的影响意味着腐败控制增加0.05%至0.06%。

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Scientific Annals of Economics and Business ECONOMICS-

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1.40

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期刊介绍： The Journal called Scientific Annals of Economics and Business (formerly Analele ştiinţifice ale Universităţii "Al.I. Cuza" din Iaşi. Ştiinţe economice / Scientific Annals of the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi. Economic Sciences), was first published in 1954. It is published under the care of the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, the oldest higher education institution in Romania, a place of excellence and innovation in education and research since 1860. Throughout its editorial life, the journal has been continuously improving. Renowned professors, well-known in the country and abroad, have published in this journal. The quality of the published materials is ensured both through their review by external reviewers of the institution and by the editorial staff that includes professors for each area of interest. The journal published papers in the following main sections: Accounting; Finance, Money and Banking; Management, Marketing and Communication; Microeconomics and Macroeconomics; Statistics and Econometrics; The Society of Knowledge and Business Information Systems.