Re: student needs help with variation on Kuznets' inverted u

On 13 Apr 2007 02:12:39 -0700, "Stevo" <Ackms421@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I am an undergraduate student and am currently taking "Principles of
Macroeconomics." My professor, for whatever reason, was impressed
with my abilities and, as such, offered me a special assignment; I was
told it would be a paper of some sort, and doing this paper would
exempt me from taking the final exam. I love to write, so I accepted.
This was a big mistake, as the paper seems to be impossible to
write.

This is the topic: Kuznets inverted u theory suggests that as
economic growth occurs, income inequality increases to a point and
then decreases. This forms what has been aptly termed an "inverted
u." My professor asked me to do secondary research only and determine
whether corruption mimics this effect. That is, whether corruption
increases with economic growth, before it decreases. I need a minimum
of 10 sources, and I have only found 1 that directly tackles this
subject. There are a few others that say corruption plays into income
inequality, but it being a factor within income inequality does not
exactly reach the core of this subject. I am unclear on where to go
from here. Are any of you familiar with a "corruption inverted u?"

Have you looked at nationmaster? It has corruption data that can be
correlated with a number of other variables. AFAIK there is no such
relationship. Corruption appears to be primarily culturally
determined, although there is definitely an inverse relationship
between level of corruption and per capita GDP.

Is my professor just messing with me?? I don't know. Any help is
much-appreciated.

FWIW, IMO this sounds like a somewhat esoteric topic for a "Principles
of Macro" essay.

Good luck on the final exam!

-- Roy L
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