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Corruption and Assortative Matching of Partners in International Trade
Get PDFAlthough the effects of corruption on bilateral trade are well-documented, its impact on the composition of trading partners remains unexplored. In this paper, we argue that corruption in a country imposes asymmetric costs on its trading partners depending on their characteristics. Consequently, as the level of corruption in a country changes, its trade flows from some of its trading partners change more than others, depending on their characteristics, changing the composition of its trading partners. We focus on two characteristics of trading partners: (1) the level of corruption and (2) membership in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions (OECD Convention). Using the gravity model, we find evidence of a negative assortative matching in international trade with respect to corruption. We find that corruption in a country is negatively associated with trade flows from high-corrupt countries and is positively associated with trade volume from signatories of the OECD convention. Our results suggest that future studies on this topic should consider controlling for institutional dissimilarities between the trading partners as it has implications for bilateral trade costs
Admissions Publications 2022-2023
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Alisande Allaben Interview, 2022
Get PDFAlisande Allaben discusses her time at the University of Minnesota Morris in the Alumni Relations Office and the Grants Office. She also discusses her involvement with the United Staff Association (USA).https://digitalcommons.morris.umn.edu/stories/1095/thumbnail.jp
ID102 Oral History
Get PDFFemale born in the early 1970s. Is the oldest of seven children and has been living in the U.S. for the past 27 years at the time of the interview. She came first before her siblings and kids. She lived in Texas with her cousin and his wife and sent money back to Honduras. She got her work permit after an incident with her dog and neighbor. She continues to work in the U.S.; 12 years in Texas and 15 years in St. James. Came to St. James in 2007.https://digitalcommons.morris.umn.edu/unitingcultures/1002/thumbnail.jp
ID110 Oral History
Get PDFGuatemalan woman who speaks K’iche as well as Spanish. She came to the U.S. in 2015 with her 9 year old child. She now has children born in the US and children who live in Guatemala. Her sister lived in St. James and she joined her sister there after briefly returning to Guatemala. She’s happy that she can send money to support her family members in Guatemala and works hard to provide for her transnational family.https://digitalcommons.morris.umn.edu/unitingcultures/1011/thumbnail.jp
ID115 Oral History
Get PDFRetired woman from El Salvador who has lived in St. James for 26 years. She talks about growing up in poverty with a single mom and siblings. She came to the United States because of the Civil War and lived in Los Angeles for a few years before moving to Minnesota.https://digitalcommons.morris.umn.edu/unitingcultures/1014/thumbnail.jp
Recognition Celebration, 2022
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Horace T. Morse-Minnesota Alumni Association Award: Jennifer Rothchild
UMM Alumni Association Teaching Award: Barry McQuarrie
Morris Academic Staff Award: Naomi Skulan
Bill and Ida Stewart Award: Brianca Smith-Austin and Mauri Systo
Mary Martelle Memorial Award: Lawrence Godwin
Minnesota Campus Compact Award: James Wojtaszek
Outstanding Support Staff Awards: Stacy Richards, Lawrence Godwin, and Janet Sauter
Retirees: Alisande Allaben, Cyrus Bina, LeAnn Dean, Adele Lawler, Gwen Rudney, and Janine Teskehttps://digitalcommons.morris.umn.edu/facstaffrecognition/1027/thumbnail.jp
Public Perceptions of Corruption in East Asia: A Comparative Study of Japan, Singapore, and South Korea
Get PDFThis research analyzes perceptions of corruption through comparative case studies of South Korea, Japan, and Singapore. It looks to political party affiliation and socioeconomic status for effects on an individual’s perception of corruption. It hypothesizes that individuals more affiliated with the ruling party will perceive the government as less corrupt and individuals that are less affiliated will perceive it as more. Socioeconomic status is split into income, social status, and education variables. Individuals with a lower income and status will perceive the government as more corrupt, while overall higher status and income individuals will perceive it as less. On the other hand, education is predicted to have the opposite: the more educated will perceive more corruption than the less educated. This research found that the hypotheses are not all supported, but the statistical results from the South Korea case are much stronger than in Singapore and Japan. The results and analysis can be beneficial to the future study of perceptions of corruption