Freedom of information acts and public sector corruption

被引：36

作者：

Escaleras, Monica ^{[1
]}

Lin, Shu ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Florida Atlantic Univ, Dept Econ, Boca Raton, FL 33431 USA

[2] Univ Colorado, Dept Econ, Denver, CO 80217 USA

来源：

PUBLIC CHOICE | 2010年 / 145卷 / 3-4期

关键词：

Freedom of information; Governmental transparency; Institutions; Public sector corruption; GROWTH;

D O I：

10.1007/s11127-009-9574-0

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

Various countries have recently implemented Freedom of Information acts believing that greater transparency can reduce public sector corruption To test this, we analyze annual data on 128 countries between 1984 and 2003 using a variety of propensity score matching techniques and overall find no significant relationship with one exception In the developing world, FOI acts are significantly associated with rising levels of corruption Further investigation suggests this may be due to the fact that the effectiveness of FOI acts appears to be conditioned by a country's institutional arrangements

引用

页码：435 / 460

页数：26

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