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Corruption and Confidence in Public Institutions : Evidence from a Global Survey

dc.contributor.author Clausen, Bianca
dc.contributor.author Kraay, Aart
dc.contributor.author Nyiri, Zsolt
dc.date.accessioned 2014-09-02T21:54:26Z
dc.date.available 2014-09-02T21:54:26Z
dc.date.issued 2009-12
dc.description.abstract Well-functioning institutions matter for economic development. In order to operate effectively, public institutions must also inspire confidence in those they serve. The authors use data from the Gallup World Poll, a unique and very large global household survey, to document a quantitatively large and statistically significant negative correlation between corruption and confidence in public institutions. This suggests an important channel through which corruption can inhibit development by eroding confidence in public institutions. This correlation is robust to the inclusion of a large set of controls for country and respondent-level characteristics, and they show how it can plausibly be interpreted as reflecting at least in part a causal effect from corruption to confidence. The authors also show that individuals with low confidence in institutions exhibit low levels of political participation, show increased tolerance for violent means to achieve political ends, and have a greater desire to "vote with their feet" through emigration. en
dc.identifier http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/12/11704319/corruption-confidence-public-institutions-evidence-global-survey
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19959
dc.language English
dc.language.iso en_US
dc.publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseries Policy Research Working Paper;No. 5157
dc.rights CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject BANKS
dc.subject BRIBE
dc.subject BRIBERY
dc.subject BRIBES
dc.subject CONFIDENCE
dc.subject CORRUPT
dc.subject CORRUPT ACTS
dc.subject CORRUPTION
dc.subject CORRUPTION CASES
dc.subject CORRUPTION IN GOVERNMENT
dc.subject CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS
dc.subject CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX
dc.subject CORRUPTIONS
dc.subject CRONY
dc.subject DEMOCRACIES
dc.subject DEMOCRACY
dc.subject ELECTORAL PROCESS
dc.subject FIGURES
dc.subject GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION
dc.subject HOUSEHOLD INCOME
dc.subject INCOME
dc.subject INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE
dc.subject INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES
dc.subject INTEGRITY
dc.subject INTERVIEWING
dc.subject INTERVIEWS
dc.subject INVESTIGATION
dc.subject JUDICIAL SYSTEM
dc.subject JUDICIARY
dc.subject JUSTICE
dc.subject LAWS
dc.subject LIVING STANDARDS
dc.subject MEDIA
dc.subject NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
dc.subject POLICE
dc.subject POLITICAL CORRUPTION
dc.subject PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
dc.subject PUBLIC OFFICIAL
dc.subject PUBLIC OFFICIALS
dc.subject PUBLIC SERVICES
dc.subject RECONSTRUCTION
dc.subject SAMPLE SIZE
dc.subject SOCIAL INDICATORS
dc.subject STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
dc.subject TERRORISM
dc.subject TRANSPARENCY
dc.subject TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL
dc.subject VIOLENCE
dc.title Corruption and Confidence in Public Institutions : Evidence from a Global Survey en
dspace.entity.type Publication
okr.date.disclosure 2009-12-30
okr.doctype Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctype Publications & Research
okr.docurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/12/11704319/corruption-confidence-public-institutions-evidence-global-survey
okr.globalpractice Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience
okr.globalpractice Governance
okr.globalpractice Poverty
okr.globalpractice Governance
okr.identifier.doi 10.1596/1813-9450-5157
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum 000158349_20100127134429
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum 11704319
okr.identifier.report WPS5157
okr.language.supported en
okr.pdfurl http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2010/01/27/000158349_20100127134429/Rendered/PDF/WPS5157.pdf en
okr.relation.associatedurl https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/13470
okr.topic Social Development :: Social Accountability
okr.topic Government Diagnostic Capacity Building
okr.topic Corruption and Anticorruption Law
okr.topic Public Sector Corruption and Anticorruption Measures
okr.topic Poverty Monitoring and Analysis
okr.topic Poverty Reduction
okr.topic Public Sector Development
okr.topic Law and Development
okr.unit Macroeconomics and Growth Team, Development Research Group
okr.volume 1 of 1
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relation.isSeriesOfPublication 26e071dc-b0bf-409c-b982-df2970295c87
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