Epidemic Corruption: A Bio-Economic Homology

Hathroubi, Salem and Trabelsi, Hédi (2014): Epidemic Corruption: A Bio-Economic Homology. Published in: European Scientific Journal , Vol. 10, No. 10 (April 2014): pp. 228-235.

Abstract

This paper aims to study corruption as an epidemic phenomenon using the epidemic diffusion model of Kermack and Mc-Kendrick (1927). We seek to determine the dynamics of corruption and its impact on the composition of the population at a given time. We determine a threshold epidemiological corruption based on the approximation of the honest population.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Corruption; epidemiology; SIR model
• Subjects: C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C1 - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General; Z - Other Special Topics > Z1 - Cultural Economics ; Economic Sociology ; Economic Anthropology > Z13 - Economic Sociology ; Economic Anthropology ; Social and Economic Stratification; Z - Other Special Topics > Z1 - Cultural Economics ; Economic Sociology ; Economic Anthropology > Z19 - Other

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