Accountability and Corruption : Political Institutions Matter

Accountability and Corruption : Political Institutions Matter

Using a cross-country panel, Lederman, Loayza, and Soares examine the determinants of corruption, paying particular attention to political institutions that increase political accountability. Previous empirical studies have not analyzed the role of...

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Main Authors: Lederman, Daniel, Loayza, Norman, Reis Soares, Rodrigo
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
ABUSES
ABUSES OF POWER
ACCOUNTABILITY
ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMS
ANTICORRUPTION
AUTHORITY
BAD POLICIES
BRIBERY
BURGLARY
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
CENTRAL GOVERNMENTS
CENTRALIZATION
CITIZENS
COLLECTIVE ACTION
COLONIZATION
CONSPIRACIES
CONSTITUENCIES
CORRUPT INDIVIDUALS
CORRUPTION
CORRUPTION CONTROL
CORRUPTION LEVELS
CORRUPTION VARIABLE
COUNTRY AVERAGE
COUNTRY AVERAGES
CRIME
CRIME RATES
CRIME VICTIMIZATION
CRIMES
DECENTRALIZATION
DEMOCRACY
DEMOCRATIC COUNTRIES
DEMOCRATIC REGIME
DEMOCRATIC STABILITY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES
ELECTORAL COMPETITION
EXECUTIVE POWER
EXTORTION
FIGHTING CORRUPTION
FOREIGN INVESTMENT
GOOD GOVERNANCE
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
GOVERNMENT REVENUE
GOVERNMENT REVENUES
GROWTH RATE
IMPROVING GOVERNANCE
INCOME LEVEL
JUDICIARY
LEGISLATION
LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS
LEGISLATURE
LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
MEDIA
MURDER
PER CAPITA INCOME
POLITICAL ACCOUNTABILITY
POLITICAL COMPETITION
POLITICAL DETERMINANTS
POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS
POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
POLITICAL PARTIES
POLITICAL STABILITY
POLITICAL SYSTEM
POLITICIANS
PUBLIC OFFICIALS
PUBLIC SECTOR
PUBLIC SERVICE
PUNISHMENT
SEPARATION OF POWERS
STATE AUTONOMY
STATE GOVERNMENT
SUBJECTIVE INDICATORS
TRANSPARENCY POLITICAL ACCOUNTABILITY
CORRUPTION IN POLITICS
CROSS COUNTRY ANALYSIS
PARLIAMENTS
FREEDOM OF THE PRESS
TRANSPARENCY
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/11/1631800/accountability-corruption-political-institutions-matter
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19420

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/11/1631800/accountability-corruption-political-institutions-matter
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19420

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