Corruption may affect voter turnout either by mobilizing citizens to go to the polls or by promoting voter disaffection …. Our results show that repeated episodes of corruption increase the boost abstentionism. Independent voters – those with no … political attachments – are the only group that that abstains in response to corruption. The incumbent’s core supporters fail to …

accountable to its citizens. Accountability to citizens is also important in understanding the presence of corruption in … associated with less corruption (other things equal), while financial structures with less accountability should be associated … increases corruption. We then use a panel data set of Mexican states to study the relationship between funding sources for …

We examine whether a corruption scandal in which the incumbent is implicated undermines trust in local government. We … use a novel dataset containing information on local corruption scandals reported in Spain during the period 1999-2009, and … methods to improve the identification of the effect of corruption scandals on trust, comparing municipalities affected by a …

We analyse the effects of local corruption on electoral outcomes with Spanish data. Based upon press reports published … between 1996 and 2009, we are able to construct a novel database on corruption scandals and news related to bribe-taking in … exchange for amendments to land use plans. Our data show that local corruption scandals first emerged during the 1999-2003 term …