Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/328155 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Citation: 
[Journal:] Review of Economic Analysis (REA) [ISSN:] 1973-3909 [Volume:] 15 [Issue:] 3/4 [Year:] 2023 [Pages:] 271-283
Publisher: 
International Centre for Economic Analysis (ICEA), Waterloo (Ontario)
Abstract: 
Manipulation of pandemic induced casualty data poses serious threat to globe. This study is an empirical attempt to assess possible factors causing such data fudging. In order to investigate strategic data misreporting by countries, we have employed acclaimed Benford's law on numbers of deaths reported by 129 countries during both waves of pandemic. Finding reveals that alongside factors like degree of democracy, transparency etc., countries with poor digital awareness are subject to greater manipulation of data.
Subjects: 
Benford's law
Democracy
Data transparency
Digital awareness
JEL: 
D72
P16
I18
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Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Article

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