tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159906646513306121.post972008007811600433..comments2023-11-19T20:38:50.237-08:00Comments on Economic Logic: Corruption and wages of public officialsEconomic Logicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10171296292101248614noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159906646513306121.post-42943562413336695292012-07-12T09:15:56.706-07:002012-07-12T09:15:56.706-07:00The point is that there should have been a decreas...The point is that there should have been a decrease in consumption in the absence of bribes, due to the drop in wages. Seeing stable consumption indicates somewhere there must have an increase in non-wage income, most likely bribes.Economic Logicianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10171296292101248614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159906646513306121.post-11854737328341826852012-07-12T09:11:50.490-07:002012-07-12T09:11:50.490-07:00If the bribes were saved rather than spent, as som...If the bribes were saved rather than spent, as some basic notion of consumption smoothing would suggest, then not finding a statistically significant increase in consumption expenditures is not necessarily evidence against teacher complicity.<br /><br />In any case, a very telling episode, as most Romanians would agree.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159906646513306121.post-57002697331264640872012-07-12T07:50:30.292-07:002012-07-12T07:50:30.292-07:00Not only are educators corrupt in Romania, they pl...Not only are educators corrupt in Romania, they plagiarize like crazy. One cannot take Romanian higher education seriously.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com