Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/191418 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 7393
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
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 around 100 democracies over the period 2012-2016, a sample for which the CPI is comparable across countries and over time. The results show that the reversed CPI was about 0.4 points higher in election years than in other years, indicating that perceived corruption in the public sector increased before elections. The effect is especially pronounced before early elections (1.0 points) compared to regular elections (0.4 points). Future research needs to investigate why perceived corruption in the public sector increased before elections.
Subjects: 
perceived corruption
elections
political manipulation
panel data
democracies
JEL: 
C23
D72
H11
K40
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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