DOES CORRUPTION HURT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT?: EVIDENCE FROM MIDDLE EASTERN, NORTH AFRICAN AND LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES by Ali M. Kutan School of Business Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville Edwardsville, IL 62026 (tel) 618.650.3473 (fax) 618.650.3047. (email) akutan@siue.edu & Thomas J. Douglas School of Business Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville Edwardsville, IL 62026 (tel) 618.650.2731 (fax) 618.650.2709 (email) thdougl@siue.edu & William Q. Judge 2047 Constant Hall College of Business & Public Administration Old Dominion University Norfolk, Virginia 23529 (tel) 757.683.6730 (fax) 757.683.3258 (email) wjudge@odu.edu