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Title: | Transparency and local government corruption: what does lack of transparency hide? | Authors: | Albalate, Daniel Jiménez, Juan Luis |
UNESCO Clasification: | 53 Ciencias económicas | Keywords: | Political Corruption Transparency Local Government |
Issue Date: | 2018 | Journal: | European Journal of Government and Economics | Abstract: | This paper empirically investigates the causal relationship between local government transparency and political corruption in a sample of Spain's 110 largest municipalities. After implementing a two-stage probit estimation procedure, our evidence indicates that transparency is inversely related to the likelihood of local political corruption. This result supports the hypothesis that a lack of transparency conceals corrupt activities and that an unwillingness to provide information is a good proxy of the likelihood of corruption. | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10553/55400 | ISSN: | 2254-7088 | DOI: | 10.17979/ejge.2018.7.2.4509 | Source: | European Journal of Government and Economics [ISSN 2254-7088], v. 7 (2), p. 106-122 |
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