Are Larger Countries Really More Corrupt?
Several authors claim to provide evidence that government corruption is less severe in small than in large countries. The authors demonstrate that this relationship is an artifact of sample selection. Most corruption indicators provide ratings only...
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okr-10986-197572021-04-23T14:03:44Z Are Larger Countries Really More Corrupt? Knack, Stephen Azfar, Omar ACCOUNTABILITY AGGREGATING GOVERNANCE INDICATORS ANTI-CORRUPTION AVERAGE RATINGS BRIBES CITIZEN CITIZENS CIVIL SERVANTS COLONIES COMMUNIST COMPETITION POLICY CONSTITUENCIES CONTROLLING CORRUPTION CORRUPT COUNTRIES CORRUPTION CORRUPTION DATA CORRUPTION IN GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION INDICATOR CORRUPTION LEVELS CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX CORRUPTION SURVEYS COUNTRIES MUST COUNTRY COVERAGE CPI DATA AVAILABILITY DECENTRALIZATION DEMOCRACY DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE FEDERAL STATES FEDERALISM FIGHTING CORRUPTION FISCAL FISCAL RESOURCES FOREIGN TRADE GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNANCE DATA GOVERNANCE INDICATORS GOVERNMENT AGENCIES GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS GOVERNMENT SPENDING GRAFT GROWTH GROWTH RATES HUMAN RIGHTS INCOME INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME GROWTH INCOME LEVELS INSTITUTIONAL MEASURES LAW ENFORCEMENT LAWS MEASUREMENT ERROR MEDIA MONETARY ECONOMICS NATIONS PARLIAMENT PER CAPITA INCOME PER CAPITA INCOMES PERCEPTIONS INDEX POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL FREEDOMS POLITICAL RISK PUBLIC OFFICIALS PUBLIC SECTOR SAMPLE SIZE SELECTION BIAS STATE SIZE TRANSPARENCY VESTED INTERESTS Several authors claim to provide evidence that government corruption is less severe in small than in large countries. The authors demonstrate that this relationship is an artifact of sample selection. Most corruption indicators provide ratings only for the countries in which multi-national investors have the greatest interest. These tend to include almost all large nations but, among small nations, only those that are well governed. The authors find that the relationship between corruption and country size disappears when one uses either a new corruption indicator with substantially increased country coverage or an alternative corruption indicator that covers all World Bank borrowers without regard to country size. They also show that the relationship between corruption and trade intensity--a variable strongly related to population--disappears when samples less subject to selection bias are used. 2014-08-27T17:05:52Z 2014-08-27T17:05:52Z 2000-11 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/11/717454/larger-countries-really-more-corrupt http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19757 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2470 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research |
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ACCOUNTABILITY AGGREGATING GOVERNANCE INDICATORS ANTI-CORRUPTION AVERAGE RATINGS BRIBES CITIZEN CITIZENS CIVIL SERVANTS COLONIES COMMUNIST COMPETITION POLICY CONSTITUENCIES CONTROLLING CORRUPTION CORRUPT COUNTRIES CORRUPTION CORRUPTION DATA CORRUPTION IN GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION INDICATOR CORRUPTION LEVELS CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX CORRUPTION SURVEYS COUNTRIES MUST COUNTRY COVERAGE CPI DATA AVAILABILITY DECENTRALIZATION DEMOCRACY DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE FEDERAL STATES FEDERALISM FIGHTING CORRUPTION FISCAL FISCAL RESOURCES FOREIGN TRADE GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNANCE DATA GOVERNANCE INDICATORS GOVERNMENT AGENCIES GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS GOVERNMENT SPENDING GRAFT GROWTH GROWTH RATES HUMAN RIGHTS INCOME INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME GROWTH INCOME LEVELS INSTITUTIONAL MEASURES LAW ENFORCEMENT LAWS MEASUREMENT ERROR MEDIA MONETARY ECONOMICS NATIONS PARLIAMENT PER CAPITA INCOME PER CAPITA INCOMES PERCEPTIONS INDEX POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL FREEDOMS POLITICAL RISK PUBLIC OFFICIALS PUBLIC SECTOR SAMPLE SIZE SELECTION BIAS STATE SIZE TRANSPARENCY VESTED INTERESTS |
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ACCOUNTABILITY AGGREGATING GOVERNANCE INDICATORS ANTI-CORRUPTION AVERAGE RATINGS BRIBES CITIZEN CITIZENS CIVIL SERVANTS COLONIES COMMUNIST COMPETITION POLICY CONSTITUENCIES CONTROLLING CORRUPTION CORRUPT COUNTRIES CORRUPTION CORRUPTION DATA CORRUPTION IN GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION INDICATOR CORRUPTION LEVELS CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX CORRUPTION SURVEYS COUNTRIES MUST COUNTRY COVERAGE CPI DATA AVAILABILITY DECENTRALIZATION DEMOCRACY DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE FEDERAL STATES FEDERALISM FIGHTING CORRUPTION FISCAL FISCAL RESOURCES FOREIGN TRADE GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNANCE DATA GOVERNANCE INDICATORS GOVERNMENT AGENCIES GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS GOVERNMENT SPENDING GRAFT GROWTH GROWTH RATES HUMAN RIGHTS INCOME INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME GROWTH INCOME LEVELS INSTITUTIONAL MEASURES LAW ENFORCEMENT LAWS MEASUREMENT ERROR MEDIA MONETARY ECONOMICS NATIONS PARLIAMENT PER CAPITA INCOME PER CAPITA INCOMES PERCEPTIONS INDEX POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL FREEDOMS POLITICAL RISK PUBLIC OFFICIALS PUBLIC SECTOR SAMPLE SIZE SELECTION BIAS STATE SIZE TRANSPARENCY VESTED INTERESTS Knack, Stephen Azfar, Omar Are Larger Countries Really More Corrupt? |
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Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2470 |
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Several authors claim to provide
evidence that government corruption is less severe in small
than in large countries. The authors demonstrate that this
relationship is an artifact of sample selection. Most
corruption indicators provide ratings only for the countries
in which multi-national investors have the greatest
interest. These tend to include almost all large nations
but, among small nations, only those that are well governed.
The authors find that the relationship between corruption
and country size disappears when one uses either a new
corruption indicator with substantially increased country
coverage or an alternative corruption indicator that covers
all World Bank borrowers without regard to country size.
They also show that the relationship between corruption and
trade intensity--a variable strongly related to
population--disappears when samples less subject to
selection bias are used. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Knack, Stephen Azfar, Omar |
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Knack, Stephen Azfar, Omar |
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Knack, Stephen |
| title |
Are Larger Countries Really More Corrupt? |
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Are Larger Countries Really More Corrupt? |
| title_full |
Are Larger Countries Really More Corrupt? |
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Are Larger Countries Really More Corrupt? |
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Are Larger Countries Really More Corrupt? |
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are larger countries really more corrupt? |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2014 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/11/717454/larger-countries-really-more-corrupt http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19757 |
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