Corruption and Confidence in Public Institutions : Evidence from a Global Survey
Well-functioning institutions matter for economic development. In order to operate effectively, public institutions must also inspire confidence in those they serve. The authors use data from the Gallup World Poll, a unique and very large global ho...
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| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2014
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/12/11704319/corruption-confidence-public-institutions-evidence-global-survey http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19959 |
| Summary: | Well-functioning institutions matter for
economic development. In order to operate effectively,
public institutions must also inspire confidence in those
they serve. The authors use data from the Gallup World Poll,
a unique and very large global household survey, to document
a quantitatively large and statistically significant
negative correlation between corruption and confidence in
public institutions. This suggests an important channel
through which corruption can inhibit development by eroding
confidence in public institutions. This correlation is
robust to the inclusion of a large set of controls for
country and respondent-level characteristics, and they show
how it can plausibly be interpreted as reflecting at least
in part a causal effect from corruption to confidence. The
authors also show that individuals with low confidence in
institutions exhibit low levels of political participation,
show increased tolerance for violent means to achieve
political ends, and have a greater desire to "vote with
their feet" through emigration. |
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