Perceived corruption in the public sector is measured by the reversed Transparency International's Perception of … Corruption Index (CPI). The dataset includes around 100 democracies over the period 2012-2016, a sample for which the CPI is … than in other years, indicating that perceived corruption in the public sector increased before elections. The effect is …

I examine whether elections influence perceived corruption in the public sector. Perceived corruption in the public … sector is measured by the reversed Transparency International's Perception of Corruption Index (CPI). The dataset includes … perceived corruption in the public sector increased before elections. The effect is especially pronounced before early elections …

private, the fact that corruption can have serious effects in democracies is no secret. Numerous scholars have brought into … the limelight the impact of corruption on a range of economic and political outcomes. One outcome that has received less … attention, however, is voter turnout. Do high levels of corruption push electorates to avoid the polls or turn out in larger …

exploring theoretically and empirically how enlargement of multi-level systems like the EU affects satisfaction with democracy …