By examining discrepancies between officially reported GDP growth figures and the actual economic growth implied by satellite-based night time light (NTL) density, we investigate whether democracies manipulate officially reported GDP figures, and if so, whether such manipulation pays political...

By examining discrepancies between officially reported GDP growth figures and the actual economic growth implied by satellite-based night time light (NTL) density, we investigate whether democracies manipulate officially reported GDP figures, and if so, whether such manipulation pays political...

Many countries all over the world have been reported to systematically manipulate official statistics. However, scholarly research has not extensively dealt with the extent and determinants of data manipulation, beyond democracy and autocracy. This paper extends the literature by including...