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Is there a trade-off between income inequality and corruption? Evidence from Latin America (2009)
Journal Article
Dobson, S., & Ramlogan-Dobson, C. (2010). Is there a trade-off between income inequality and corruption? Evidence from Latin America. Economics letters, 107(2), 102-104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2009.12.038

In contrast to other research, lower corruption is associated with higher income inequality. This result is consistent with the idea that the corruption-inequality relationship may be different where there is a large informal sector, as in Latin Amer... Read More about Is there a trade-off between income inequality and corruption? Evidence from Latin America.

Is there an openness Kuznets curve? (2009)
Journal Article
Dobson, S., & Ramlogan, C. (2009). Is there an openness Kuznets curve?. Kyklos, 62(2), 226-238. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6435.2009.00433.x

One of the key features of research on income inequality is the search for a Kuznets curve. Two curvilinear relationships in particular have been documented in the literature: one between inequality and income and the other between inequality and env... Read More about Is there an openness Kuznets curve?.