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The Impact of Government Size on Corruption: A Meta-Regression Analysis

Bonanno, Graziella; Errico, Lucia; Fiorino, Nadia; … - 2024

We perform a Meta-Regression Analysis (MRA) of the literature on government size and corruption, examining 450 …-sectional data. Moreover, the type of indicator used to measure corruption has a significant impact on the sign of the relationship … significant results, whereas we find a positive relationship between the countries' corruption index and the effect size. …

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Using real-time data to test for political budget cycles

Jong-A-Pin, Richard; Sturm, Jan-Egbert; de Haan, Jakob - 2012

We use real-time annual data on the fiscal balance, government current spending, current revenues and net capital outlays as published at a half yearly frequency in the OECD Economic Outlook for 25 OECD countries. For each fiscal year t we have a number of forecasts, a first release, and...

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Do Higher Government Wages Reduce Corruption? Evidence Based on a Novel Dataset

Le, Van-Ha; de Haan, Jakob; Dietzenbacher, Erik - 2013

policy and corruption. Our dataset, as derived from national household or labor surveys, is more reliable than the data on … government wages as used in previous research. When the relationship between government wages and corruption is modeled to vary … with the level of income, we find that the impact of government wages on corruption is strong at relatively low …

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The Historical Roots of Corruption and Economic Development in Italy

Petrarca, Ilaria; Ricciuti, Roberto - 2013

social capital; then, social capital determines the level of corruption; finally, corruption affects economic performance. We … test this hypothesis on a dataset of Italian provinces, and address the possible endogeneity of corruption by applying an … IV model. We use three sets of historical instruments for corruption: 1) foreign dominations in 16th-17th century, 2 …

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Term limits: do they really affect fiscal policy choices?

Dalle Nogare, Chiara; Ricciuti, Roberto - 2008

According to reputational models of political economy, a term limit may change the behavior of a chief executive because he does not have to stand for election. We test this hypothesis in a sample of 52 countries over the period 1977-2000, using government spending, social and welfare spending...

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Term Limits : Do They Really Affect Fiscal Policy Choices?

Dalle Nogare, Chiara; Ricciuti, Roberto - 2021

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Has the stability and growth pact impeded political budget cycles in the European Union?

Mink, Mark; de Haan, Jakob - 2005

This paper examines whether there is a political budget cycle (PBC) in countries in the euro area. Using a multivariate model for the period 1999-2004 and various election indicators we find strong evidence that the Stability and Growth Pact has not restricted fiscal policy makers in the euro...

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Sports Clubs and Populism : Quasi-Experimental Evidence from German Cities

Foertsch, Mona; Roesel, Felix - 2023

Does social capital always promote solidarity and democracy, or are social networks such as sports clubs also vulnerable to populism? We exploit quasi-experimental variation in sports club membership in German cities. Sports clubs are booming in cities with successful soccer teams which pass the...

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Interest groups and government spending in Italy, 1876 - 1913

Fiorino, Nadia; Ricciuti, Roberto - 2009

In the last two decades of the XIX century Italy became an industrial country. Historians maintain that this process was affected by the action of some interest groups that pursued both state protection from competition and specific public expenditure programs. Starting from the economic...

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Spatial Concentration of Military Dictatorships in Sub-Saharan Africa (1977-2007)

Caruso, Raul; Petrarca, Ilaria; Ricciuti, Roberto - 2014

We empirically investigate the existence of spatial autocorrelation between military dictatorships in Sub-Saharan Africa from 1977 through 2007. We apply a Bayesian SAR probit regression, extended to a pooled model. We find a robust and positive spatial autocorrelation coefficient, which shows a...

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