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Corruption and crisis : do institutions matter?
Saha, Shrabani; Sen, Kunal - 2022
about the effect of the pandemic for longer-term outcomes such as corruption. We look at the historical data on political … and economic crises to assess what we can learn from the long-term effects of past crises on corruption. We hypothesize … corruption. We test our hypotheses using panel data for over 100 countries during the years 1800- 2020. The results suggest …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013173620
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Is it the gums, teeth or the bite? : effectiveness of dimensions of enforcement in curbing corruption
Capasso, Salvatore; Goel, Rajeev K.; Saunoris, James W. - 2018
Adding a new dimension to determinants of corruption, this paper examines the effectiveness of enforcement in reducing … corruption. We compare the influences of latent enforcement (police, judicial, and prosecutorial employment) versus actual … enforcement to combat corruption by increasing enforcement employment is ineffective, rather comprehensive improvements in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011926324
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The rule of law : measurement and deep roots
Gutmann, Jerg; Voigt, Stefan - 2015
This paper does three things. First, based on a limited number of theoretically established dimensions, it proposes a new de facto indicator for the rule of law. It is the first such indicator to take the quality of legal norms explicitly into account. Second, using this indicator we shed new...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011406570
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The rule of law : measurement and deep roots
Gutmann, Jerg; Voigt, Stefan - 2016
This paper does three things. First, based on a limited number of theoretically established dimensions, it proposes a new de facto indicator for the rule of law. It is the first such indicator to take the quality of legal norms explicitly into account. Second, using this indicator we shed new...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011668293
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Traditional law in times of the nation state : why is it so prevalent?
Gutmann, Jerg; Voigt, Stefan - 2019
In many modern nation states, both rich and poor, traditional law to this day plays an important role. Given the almost universal prevalence of traditional law, it is surprising how little we know about it. This is the first study that tries to take stock of traditional law from a cross-country...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012135330
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Revisiting the Emergence of the Rule of Law in Russia
Hendley, Kathryn; Murrell, Peter - 2013
perceive less corruption there than in other venues, a theory diametrically opposite to the one Gustaffson chose emphasize …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014151084
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How to measure the rule of law
Voigt, Stefan - 2009
I argue that the rule of law consists of many dimensions and that much information is lost when variables proxying for these dimensions are simply aggregated. I draw on the most important innovations from various legal traditions to propose a concept of the rule of law likely to find general...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003889057
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The Rule of Law : Measurement and Deep Roots
Gutmann, Jerg - 2016
This paper does three things. First, based on a limited number of theoretically established dimensions, it proposes a new de facto indicator for the rule of law. It is the first such indicator to take the quality of legal norms explicitly into account. Second, using this indicator we shed new...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013000219
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Are OECD Countries in a Rule of Law Recession?
Balmori de la Miyar, Jose Roberto - 2021
This paper examines whether there is a rule of law recession among OECD member countries. This formal inquiry is motivated by the recent findings of a democratic recession across several countries with a long tradition of democratic values. I conduct both quantitative and qualitative analyses...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013215772
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The Rule of Law : Measurement and Deep Roots
Gutmann, Jerg; Voigt, Stefan - 2015
This paper does three things. First, based on a limited number of theoretically established dimensions, it proposes a new de facto indicator for the rule of law. It is the first such indicator to take the quality of legal norms explicitly into account. Second, using this indicator we shed new...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014131623