The Worldwide Governance Indicators and Tautology : Causally Related Separable Concepts, Indicators of a Common Cause, or Both?

The Worldwide Governance Indicators and Tautology : Causally Related Separable Concepts, Indicators of a Common Cause, or Both?

Aggregate indexes of the quality of governance, covering large samples of countries, are widely used in research and in aid policy. Few studies examine the validity of these indexes, however. This paper partially fills this gap by examining empiric...

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Main Authors: Langbein, Laura, Knack, Stephen
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
ACCOUNTABILITY
ACCOUNTING
AGGREGATE INDEXES
AGGREGATING GOVERNANCE INDICATORS
AUTOCORRELATION
BRIBES
BUREAUCRACY
BUSINESS MANAGERS
CITIZENS
CIVIL LIBERTIES
COMPETITION POLICY
CONTROLLING CORRUPTION
CORRELATIONS
CORRUPT
CORRUPTION
CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS
CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX
COUNTRY DATA
CRIME
CRONY
DEMOCRACY
DISCRETION
DOMAIN
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ENTRY
EQUATIONS
EXTRACTING
FACTOR ANALYSIS
GOOD GOVERNANCE
GOODNESS OF FIT
GOVERNANCE INDICATOR
GOVERNANCE RATINGS
GOVERNMENT EFFECTIVENESS
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE
HETEROSCEDASTICITY
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN RIGHTS
HYPOTHESES
INCOME
INDEPENDENT VARIABLES
INDICES
INEQUALITY
INSTITUTIONAL QUALITY
INVESTIGATION
LAWS
LOGIC
MATRIX
MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION
MEASUREMENT ERRORS
MEDIA
NATIONS
PERCEPTIONS INDEX
POLITICAL ANALYSIS
POLITICAL CORRUPTION
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POLITICAL INFLUENCE
POLITICAL INSTABILITY
POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS
POLITICAL OFFICIALS
POLITICAL PARTIES
POLITICAL RIGHTS
POLITICAL STABILITY
POLITICAL SURVIVAL
POLITICIANS
PRIVATE GAIN
PROBABILITY
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
PUBLIC AFFAIRS
PUBLIC INFORMATION
PUBLIC MANAGEMENT
PUBLIC OFFICIALS
PUBLIC RESOURCES
PUBLIC SERVICES
READING
REGULATORY QUALITY
RELIABILITY
RESEARCHERS
RULE OF LAW
SOCIAL CAPITAL
SOCIAL INTERACTIONS
SOCIAL SCIENCE
STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
TAX ADMINISTRATION
TAX POLICY
TERRORISM
TRANSPARENCY
UNOFFICIAL ECONOMY
VALIDITY
VIOLENCE
WEB
WORLDWIDE GOVERNANCE INDICATORS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/07/9670849/worldwide-governance-indicators-tautology-causally-related-separable-concepts-indicators-common-cause-or-both
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6839

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/07/9670849/worldwide-governance-indicators-tautology-causally-related-separable-concepts-indicators-common-cause-or-both
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6839

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