AAA Spark Meeting of Regions

A Descriptive Analysis of the Coronavirus Pandemic and Corruption on Economic Growth

• In Event: Predicting Financial Failures and the Coronavirus Pandemic and Corrpution

Abstract

The corona virus pandemic had destabilized the world’s economies in 2020. Prior to this pandemic, the age-old problem of corruption plagued numerous countries. This study investigated the economies of the nations based on their corruption perception and assessed if the pandemic, coupled with corruption further compounded the economic problems. It was found that countries with the most corona virus cases were negatively impacted economically, as per negative real gross domestic product GDP change. Additionally, most countries with more cases of covid 19 were ranked as highly corrupt.

Author

• Loretta Baryeh, Coppin Sttate University