An Axiomatic Approach to the Measurement of Corruption : Theory and Applications

No generally accepted framework exists for constructing and evaluating measures of corruption. This article shows how the axiomatic approach of the poverty and inequality literature can be applied to the measurement of corruption. A conceptual framework for organizing corruption data is developed, a...

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Main Authors:	Foster, James E., Horowitz, Andrew W., Méndez, Fabio
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	en_US
Published:	Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank 2013
Subjects:	auditor bribe bribery bribes corrupt corrupt acts criminal embezzlement fraud government officials graft investigators Measurement of Corruption penalties police police officer preferential preferential treatment public funds public officials
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16350

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spelling	okr-10986-163502021-04-23T14:03:28Z An Axiomatic Approach to the Measurement of Corruption : Theory and Applications Foster, James E. Horowitz, Andrew W. Méndez, Fabio auditor bribe bribery bribes corrupt corrupt acts criminal embezzlement fraud government officials graft investigators Measurement of Corruption penalties police police officer preferential preferential treatment public funds public officials No generally accepted framework exists for constructing and evaluating measures of corruption. This article shows how the axiomatic approach of the poverty and inequality literature can be applied to the measurement of corruption. A conceptual framework for organizing corruption data is developed, and three aggregate corruption measures consistent with axiomatic requirements are proposed. The article also provides guidelines for empirical applications of corruption measures and discusses data requirements. A brief empirical example illustrates how each of the measures captures a distinct view of corruption that yields a different ranking. To the authors' knowledge, this article provides the first analysis of corruption measurement using an axiomatic framework. 2013-12-04T17:24:19Z 2013-12-04T17:24:19Z 2012-06-01 Journal Article World Bank Economic Review 1564-698X http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16350 en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank Journal Article
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spellingShingle	auditor bribe bribery bribes corrupt corrupt acts criminal embezzlement fraud government officials graft investigators Measurement of Corruption penalties police police officer preferential preferential treatment public funds public officials Foster, James E. Horowitz, Andrew W. Méndez, Fabio An Axiomatic Approach to the Measurement of Corruption : Theory and Applications
description	No generally accepted framework exists for constructing and evaluating measures of corruption. This article shows how the axiomatic approach of the poverty and inequality literature can be applied to the measurement of corruption. A conceptual framework for organizing corruption data is developed, and three aggregate corruption measures consistent with axiomatic requirements are proposed. The article also provides guidelines for empirical applications of corruption measures and discusses data requirements. A brief empirical example illustrates how each of the measures captures a distinct view of corruption that yields a different ranking. To the authors' knowledge, this article provides the first analysis of corruption measurement using an axiomatic framework.
format	Journal Article
author	Foster, James E. Horowitz, Andrew W. Méndez, Fabio
author_facet	Foster, James E. Horowitz, Andrew W. Méndez, Fabio
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title	An Axiomatic Approach to the Measurement of Corruption : Theory and Applications
title_short	An Axiomatic Approach to the Measurement of Corruption : Theory and Applications
title_full	An Axiomatic Approach to the Measurement of Corruption : Theory and Applications
title_fullStr	An Axiomatic Approach to the Measurement of Corruption : Theory and Applications
title_full_unstemmed	An Axiomatic Approach to the Measurement of Corruption : Theory and Applications
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publisher	Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
publishDate	2013
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16350
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An Axiomatic Approach to the Measurement of Corruption : Theory and Applications

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