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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Knack, Stephen, Azfar, Omar
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
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 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
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/11/717454/larger-countries-really-more-corrupt
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19757

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/11/717454/larger-countries-really-more-corrupt
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19757

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