Psychologists suspect their might be a connection between deforestation and corruption?

By using three different corruption indices, we found a statistically
significant strong positive relation between corruption and
deforestation for different periods across different countries. This
finding remains valid in both univariate and multivariate models.
Also, the model takes the potential heteroscedasticity problem, common
in cross-section studies, into account and makes correction if
necessary.

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To our best knowledge, this study is the first cross-country study
addressing to the issue by utilizing all available corruption indices,
namely Corruption Perception Index (CPI), International Country Risk
Guide (ICRG) index, and Business Intelligence (BI) index.

Policies and measures taken towards reducing corruption, therefore, may help to decrease illegal forest activities (e.g. illegal logging and
timbering, smuggling of forest products etc.) and in turn depletion of
forests.

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