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Perception vs. Experience : Explaining Differences in Corruption Measures Using Microdata
Gutmann, Jerg - 2020
Understanding corruption is at the heart of treating the dysfunctionality of many countries' public sectors. Yet, most … corruption research suffers from one common problem: There is no "objective" measure of public-sector corruption for a cross …-section of countries. Most studies on the determinants or the effects of corruption rely on indicators of corruption perception …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012843434
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Power over prosecutors corrupts politicians: cross country evidence using a new indicator
van Aaken, Anne; Feld, Lars P.; Voigt, Stefan - 2008
hypothesis is put to an empirical test focusing on a particular kind of crime, namely corruption. In order to test it, it was … show that de facto independence of prosecution agencies robustly reduces corruption of officials. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270593
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The relevance of judicial procedure for economic growth
Hayo, Bernd; Voigt, Stefan - 2008
It has been argued that procedural formalism undermines economic efficiency by fostering rent-seeking and corruption …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264530
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Making judges independent : some proposals regarding the judiciary
Feld, Lars P.; Voigt, Stefan - 2004
It is argued that an independent judiciary is a necessary condition for both individual liberty and economic prosperity. After having surveyed the literature dealing with how to arrange for an independent judiciary, the authors derive some additional policy implications by drawing on two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261246
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The economic effects of constitutions: replicating - and extending - Persson and Tabellini
Blume, Lorenz; Müller, Jens; Voigt, Stefan; Wolf, Carsten - 2007
Persson and Tabellini (2003) show that presidential regimes and majoritarian election systems have important effects on fiscal policy, government effectiveness and productivity. Here, their dataset is extended in a number of ways: the number of countries included is increased from 85 to up to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264145
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Economic Growth and Judicial Independence, a Dozen Years On: Cross-Country Evidence Using an Updated Set of Indicators
Voigt, Stefan; Gutmann, Jerg; Feld, Lars P. - 2014
Over 10 years ago, Feld and Voigt (2003) introduced the first indicator for objectively meas-uring the actual independence of the judiciary and demonstrated its utility in a large cross-section of countries. The indicator has been widely used, but also criticized. This paper pre-sents more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010420699
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Explaining constitutional change: The case of judicial independence
Hayo, Bernd; Voigt, Stefan - 2012
This paper studies the factors driving changes in judicial independence (JI) as incorporated in constitutions. Two indicators of constitutionally safeguarded JI are constructed. Variations in these indicators are identified based on changes in the constitutions of as many as 100 countries that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291534
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Perception vs. Experience: Explaining Differences in Corruption Measures Using Microdata
Gutmann, Jerg; Padovano, Fabio; Voigt, Stefan - 2019
Understanding corruption is at the heart of treating the dysfunctionality of many countries' public sectors. Yet, most … corruption research suffers from one common problem: There is no "objective" measure of public-sector corruption for a cross …-section of countries. Most studies on the determinants or the effects of corruption rely on indicators of corruption perception …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012179826
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The Comparative Constitutional Compliance Database
Gutmann, Jerg; Metelska-Szaniawska, Katarzyna; Voigt, Stefan - 2023
This article introduces a novel database that measures governments' compliance with national constitutions. It combines information on de jure constitutional rules with data on their de facto implementation. The individual compliance indicators can be grouped into four categories that we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014290159
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The Comparative Constitutional Compliance Database
Gutmann, Jerg; Metelska-Szaniawska, Katarzyna; Voigt, Stefan - 2023
This article introduces a novel database that measures governments’ compliance with national constitutions. It combines information on de jure constitutional rules with data on their de facto implementation. The individual compliance indicators can be grouped into four categories that we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014262029