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DOI	10.1016/j.enpol.2019.111188
	Greasing the Turbines? Corruption and access to electricity in Africa
	Cummins M.; Gillanders R.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	0301-4215
卷号	137
英文摘要	Using survey data from the Afrobarometer, we document that respondents who live in areas where more people report having paid a bribe to access household services are more likely to have access to electricity. The existing literature suggests three mechanisms that could explain why more corruption increases access to electricity. Corruption could incentivize firms to operate in the shadow economy and facilitate them doing so. Corruption could reduce enforcement of the law for electricity theft. Finally, corruption could lower firms’ costs by allowing them to reduce the burden of red tape and or ignore standards. The data do not support the first two of these mechanisms suggesting that corruption is “greasing the wheels” for firms in the electricity sector. Supporting this conclusion is the fact that this relationship between corruption and access is only statistically significant in countries where the ease of getting electricity is low and there is private participation in the electricity sector. © 2019 Elsevier Ltd
英文关键词	Corruption; Electricity access; Infrastructure; Privatisation; Regulation
学科领域	Electric industry; Privatization; Surveys; Corruption; Electricity access; Electricity sector; Electricity theft; Infrastructure; Private participation; Regulation; Shadow economies; Crime; corruption; electricity; infrastructure; privatization; regulatory framework; Africa
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Electric industry; Privatization; Surveys; Corruption; Electricity access; Electricity sector; Electricity theft; Infrastructure; Private participation; Regulation; Shadow economies; Crime; corruption; electricity; infrastructure; privatization; regulatory framework; Africa
来源期刊	Energy Policy
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/118162
作者单位	Dublin City University Business School, Ireland; Hanken School of Economics, Finland
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Cummins M.,Gillanders R.. Greasing the Turbines? Corruption and access to electricity in Africa[J],2020,137.
APA	Cummins M.,&Gillanders R..(2020).Greasing the Turbines? Corruption and access to electricity in Africa.Energy Policy,137.
MLA	Cummins M.,et al."Greasing the Turbines? Corruption and access to electricity in Africa".Energy Policy 137(2020).