Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/212764 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
BOFIT Discussion Papers No. 9/2013
Publisher: 
Bank of Finland, Institute for Economies in Transition (BOFIT), Helsinki
Abstract: 
Whistleblower laws are becoming important governance tools in both the public and private sectors. To examine the effectiveness of whistleblower laws and their awareness, this study creates a unique internet-based measure of awareness about whistleblower laws and provisions, focusing on the United States. Placing the analysis within the larger corruption literature, our results show that greater whistleblower awareness results in more observed corruption and this holds across specifications. Internet awareness of whistleblower laws appears to be more effective at exposing corruption than the quantity and quality of whistleblower laws themselves.
Subjects: 
corruption
whistleblowers
law enforcement
internet
United States
JEL: 
K4
H7
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
ISBN: 
978-952-6699-10-3
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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