Response to 'What Do the Worldwide Governance Indicators Measure?'

Thomas (2009) dismisses the Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) as an 'elaborate and unsupported hypothesis' because of the failure to demonstrate the 'construct validity' of these indicators. We argue that 'construct validity' is not a useful tool to assess the merit...

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Main Authors:	Kaufmann, Daniel, Kraay, Aart, Mastruzzi, Massimo
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	2012
Subjects:	Index Numbers and Aggregation leading indicators C430 Models of Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior D720 Structure, Scope, and Performance of Government H110 Formal and Informal Sectors Shadow Economy Institutional Arrangements O170
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5897

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spelling	okr-10986-58972021-04-23T14:02:23Z Response to 'What Do the Worldwide Governance Indicators Measure?' Kaufmann, Daniel Kraay, Aart Mastruzzi, Massimo Index Numbers and Aggregation leading indicators C430 Models of Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior D720 Structure, Scope, and Performance of Government H110 Formal and Informal Sectors Shadow Economy Institutional Arrangements O170 Thomas (2009) dismisses the Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) as an 'elaborate and unsupported hypothesis' because of the failure to demonstrate the 'construct validity' of these indicators. We argue that 'construct validity' is not a useful tool to assess the merits of the WGI, and even if it were, Thomas provides no evidence of any practical consequences of failure to meet the criteria of construct validity. 2012-03-30T07:35:04Z 2012-03-30T07:35:04Z 2010 Journal Article European Journal of Development Research 09578811 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5897 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article
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spellingShingle	Index Numbers and Aggregation leading indicators C430 Models of Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior D720 Structure, Scope, and Performance of Government H110 Formal and Informal Sectors Shadow Economy Institutional Arrangements O170 Kaufmann, Daniel Kraay, Aart Mastruzzi, Massimo Response to 'What Do the Worldwide Governance Indicators Measure?'
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description	Thomas (2009) dismisses the Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) as an 'elaborate and unsupported hypothesis' because of the failure to demonstrate the 'construct validity' of these indicators. We argue that 'construct validity' is not a useful tool to assess the merits of the WGI, and even if it were, Thomas provides no evidence of any practical consequences of failure to meet the criteria of construct validity.
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title	Response to 'What Do the Worldwide Governance Indicators Measure?'
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