The causes of corruption: a cross-national study

By D. Treisman. 2000

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Subfields: Demography, Information Systems, Sociology and Political Science

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Yardstick competition in a Federation: Theory and Evidence from China (2012, background): “…and Fisman and Gatti (2002) who all report that a larger subnational share of public expenditures was associated with lower corruption and those of Treisman (2000) and Arikan (2004) who explored whether smaller local units were associated with less corruption because of more intense…”
Corruption and the costs of redistribution: Micro evidence from Indonesia (2006, background): “For example, the cross-country literature, using data on perceived levels of corruption, has suggested that there is more corruption in countries that are poorer, more ethnically fragmented, and of French or Socialist legal origin (Mauro, 1995; LaPorta et al., 1999; Treisman, 2000).”
Gender and corruption (2001, methodology): “Treisman (1998) found that federal states were more corrupt than nations with centralized governments.”
The Value of Local Political Connections in a Low-Corruption Environment (2013, neutral): “General agreement exists that a distinctive feature of corruption is the misuse of public office for private gain (Treisman, 2000), but a clear definition has proved to be elusive.”
The modern impact of precolonial centralization in Africa (2007, background): “…related to the nature of public goods and of local politics is new to the empirical literature on centralization (Fisman and Gatti 2002, Treisman 2000 and 2003), which has only looked at the overall effect of centralization, without studying the relative roles of coordination and local…”
Corruption and control: A corruption reduction approach (2012, neutral): “The harms associated with corruption are well documented in the research literature and will be familiar to many (for broad overviews see (Rose-Ackerman, 1997, Treisman, 2000);.”
The economic effects of federalism and decentralization—a cross-country assessment (2010, neutral): “Treisman (2000) finds that federal states, ceteris paribus, are more prone to corruption than unitary states.”
Gender and Public Attitudes Toward Corruption and Tax Evasion (2010, neutral): “Moreover, increased interest and new datasets contributed to a rapidly growing empirical literature (see Treisman, 2000; and Lambsdorff, 1999 for reviews on corruption, Andreoni et al., 1998 for tax compliance) to which we contribute.”
Corruption and Religion Adding to the Economic Model (2001, result): “Finally, the study by Treisman (2000) is doing some of the same as my two studies, but with another set of variables.”