Does democracy reduce corruption? A cross-country causal counterfactual analysis

Abstract This paper examines the causal effect of the levels of democracy in countries on the levels of corruption. Research shows that the levels of corruption in countries decrease when they reach higher levels of democracy. However, most of the evidence has been obtained through correlational or...

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Main Authors: Cristian Johan Picón Viana, Frédéric Boehm
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Getúlio Vargas 2024-07-01
Series:Revista de Administração Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-76122024000300304&lng=en&tlng=en