A New Cross-National Measure of Corruption

A new measure of cross-national corruption is constructed based on the geographic distribution of public officials involved in cross-border corruption cases. A comparison is made between the Public Administration Corruption Index (PACI) and perception-based measures, considers the extent to which differences between them are driven by systematic factors, and concludes that they are not. As more data on cases of cross-border bribery incidents become available, the PACI will provide an increasingly valid cross-national measure of corruption.

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Main Authors: Escresa, Laarni, Picci, Lucio
Format: Working Paper biblioteca
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2015-07
Subjects:PUBLIC OFFICIALS, CORRUPTION SURVEYS, TERRORISM, DOMAINS, CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX, CORRUPT, FOREIGN CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT, BRIBERY, POLITICS, BRIBES, FREE_PRESS, LAWS, CPI SCORES, GOVERNMENT, FREEDOM OF SPEECH, BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS, POLITICIANS, INFORMATION, CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS, CONTENTS, MULTINATIONAL, ADMINISTRATIONS, PERCEPTION OF CORRUPTION, RESEARCHER, PROSECUTION, CORRUPTION, INDICES, SOCIAL SCIENCES, PROBABILITIES, PUBLIC HEALTH, ANTI-BRIBERY, DATA, TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL, CORRUPTION CASES, PROSECUTORS, CORRUPT PRACTICES, EXTORTION, PROBABILITY, DEMOCRACY, VIOLENCE, CASES, FREEDOM OF THE PRESS, DOCUMENTS, CENSORSHIP, ORGANIZATIONS, RESEARCH, ARTICLE, DATABASES, PORK BARREL, PUBLIC OFFICIAL, BRIBERY OF FOREIGN PUBLIC OFFICIALS, PUBLISHING, CONVICTION, ACCOUNTABILITY, PROCUREMENT, TRANSPARENCY, DESCRIPTION, CRIMES, BANK, BRIBE, CPI, BRIBERY CONVENTION, INDEX, ANTI-CORRUPTION, INDEXES, CASES OF CORRUPTION, LOGIC, PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, POLICY, CASE, SECURITIES, FREE PRESS, MEDIA, ADMINISTRATION, GOVERNANCE, JUSTICE, CONCEPT, MALFEASANCE, DIGEST, SECURITY, ORGANIZATION, FINANCIAL CRIMES, FOREIGN OFFICIALS, POLITICAL CORRUPTION, JUDICIARY, LAW, INTERNATIONAL LAW, STANDARD, WEBSITE, COMBATING BRIBERY, LEADERSHIP, STRATEGY, FOREIGN CORRUPT PRACTICES, DATABASE, GOVERNMENTS, BRIBE PAYER, INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS, NUMBER OF CORRUPTION, CORRUPT ACT,
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/07/24804755/new-cross-national-measure-corruption
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22455
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