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PROPOSAL FOR A NEW MEASURE OF CORRUPTION, ILLUSTRATED WITH ITALIAN DATA

Golden, Miriam A., Picci, Lucio·2005·Economics and Politics
DOI 10.1111/j.1468-0343.2005.00146.x
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Standard cross-national measures of corruption are assembled through surveys. We propose a novel alternative objective measure that consists of the difference between a measure of the physical quantities of public infrastructure and the cumulative price government pays for public capital stocks. Where the difference is larger between the monies spent and the existing physical infrastructure, more money is being siphoned off to mismanagement, fraud, bribes, kickbacks, and embezzlement; that is, corruption is greater. We create this measure for Italy's 95 provinces and 20 regions as of the mid-1990s, controlling at the regional level for possible differences in the costs of public construction.

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Authors
Golden, M. A., & Picci, L.
Venue
Economics and Politics
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2005-03
Volume
17
Issue
1
Pages
37-75
ISSN
  • 0954-1985 (ISSN-L)
  • 1468-0343
DOI
10.1111/j.1468-0343.2005.00146.x
OpenAlex
W2133591639
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470
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34
FWCI
55.68
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Golden, M. A., & Picci, L. (2005). PROPOSAL FOR A NEW MEASURE OF CORRUPTION, ILLUSTRATED WITH ITALIAN DATA. Economics and Politics. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0343.2005.00146.x

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