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Impact of corruption and crime on smuggling: evidence from Iran

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 Estima...

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Main Authors: Mansouri, Amin, Afghah, Morteza
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Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Utara Malaysia 2019
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JZ International relations
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spelling my.uum.repo.269592020-04-30T02:52:27Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/26959/ Impact of corruption and crime on smuggling: evidence from Iran Mansouri, Amin Afghah, Morteza JZ International relations 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. Penerbit Universiti Utara Malaysia 2019 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://repo.uum.edu.my/26959/1/JIS%2015%202019%2055-72.pdf 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 http://jis.uum.edu.my/index.php/current-issues
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Mansouri, Amin
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Impact of corruption and crime on smuggling: evidence from Iran
description 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.
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author Mansouri, Amin
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title Impact of corruption and crime on smuggling: evidence from Iran
title_short Impact of corruption and crime on smuggling: evidence from Iran
title_full Impact of corruption and crime on smuggling: evidence from Iran
title_fullStr Impact of corruption and crime on smuggling: evidence from Iran
title_full_unstemmed Impact of corruption and crime on smuggling: evidence from Iran
title_sort impact of corruption and crime on smuggling: evidence from iran
publisher Penerbit Universiti Utara Malaysia
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