▪ Abstract I review recent efforts by political scientists and economists to explain cross-
national variation in corruption using subjective ratings, and examine the robustness of …

In recent years a growing body of empirical work has examined the causes and
consequences of corruption. These investigations are mostly crosscountry analyses, based …

Los estudios sobre transparencia pública han florecido en las últimas tres décadas, pero las
revisiones comprehensivas de las investigaciones sobre el tema han sido limitadas …

With an increased awareness of the detrimental effects of corruption on development,
strategies to fight it are now a top priority in policy circles. Yet, in countries ridden with …

¿ Qué determina la capacidad de los países para diseñar, aprobar e implementar políticas
públicas efectivas? Para abordar esta pregunta, este libro analiza el proceso de formulación …

In this second volume of The Information Age trilogy, with an extensive new preface
following the recent global economic crisis, Manuel Castells deals with the social, political …

This paper presents two propositions about corruption. First, the structure of government
institutions and of the political process are very important determinants of the level of …

International organizations, policy experts, and nongovernmental organizations promote
greater governmental transparency as a crucial reform to enhance accountability and curb …

Retrospective voting models assume that offering more information to voters about their
incumbents' performance strengthens electoral accountability. However, it is unclear …

Research Summary State‐owned enterprises (SOEs) are often more opaque than other
types of firms. This opaqueness tends to generate resistance when SOEs undertake cross …