I examine the relationship between democracy and the perceived risk of corruption in a panel of 130 countries. My panel … corruption. My main finding is that democracy significantly reduces the risk of corruption, but only in countries where ethnic … fractionalization is low. In strongly fractionalized countries a transition from autocracy to democracy does not significantly reduce …

This work proposes a multidimensional framework, based on a Latent Class model, to identify various types of corruption … activities, which go beyond the usual classification of corruption into administrative and political. Estimates are validated by … means of a direct administrative corruption index derived from the same dataset and comparison of corruption perception …

generate credibility and authority. As a consequence, systemic corruption undermines the credibility of democratic institutions … delivery, several studies have found a correlation between decentralization and corruption. According to the main literature … contradictions emerge: more deregulation, autonomy and decentralization often are not associated to less, but more, corruption and …

activities. The results show that greater prosperity and democracy lead to less corrupt activity. Variables representing the … degree of fractionalization across three dimensions and least developed nations are statistically insignificant. Having more … registration, and taxation), leads to greater corruption. More regulatory procedures, especially for business startups and property …

information from five Varieties of Democracy indices. K-means country clusters are similar but not entirely identical to both k …-medians clusters and arbitrary groups formed using only one measure, namely the liberal democracy index. Simple correlations with … high levels of democracy are characterized by lower relative inequality. They also have the lowest ratio of the income …

leading people by family ties, while corruption is a permanent risk for the economic system, but also for the country's legal … system. The purpose of this paper is to analyze nepotism, effects of nepotism, and to analyze the impact of corruption on the …

measurement of democracy. I proceed in two step. In the first part, I describe the classical approach for producing a measure of … democracy and sketch an alternative approach. The second part provides an overview about existing democracy index. …

information from five Varieties of Democracy indices. K-means country clusters are similar but not entirely identical to both k …-medians clusters and arbitrary groups formed using only one measure, namely the liberal democracy index. Simple correlations with … high levels of democracy are characterized by lower relative inequality. They also have the lowest ratio of the income …

We examine the effects that variations in the international food prices have on democracy and intra-state conflict …