Transparency and local government corruption: what does lack of transparency hide?

This paper empirically investigates the causal relationship between local government transparency and political corruption in a sample of Spain's 110 largest municipalities. After implementing a two-stage probit estimation procedure, our evidence indicates that transparency is inversely related...

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Autores: Jiménez González, Juan Luis, Albalate, Daniel, 1980-
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/149327
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Palabra clave:Transparència política
Corrupció política
Administració local
Transparency in government
Political corruption
Local government
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spelling Transparency and local government corruption: what does lack of transparency hide?Jiménez González, Juan LuisAlbalate, Daniel, 1980-Transparència políticaCorrupció políticaAdministració localTransparency in governmentPolitical corruptionLocal governmentThis paper empirically investigates the causal relationship between local government transparency and political corruption in a sample of Spain's 110 largest municipalities. After implementing a two-stage probit estimation procedure, our evidence indicates that transparency is inversely related to the likelihood of local political corruption. This result supports the hypothesis that a lack of transparency conceals corrupt activities and that an unwillingness to provide information is a good proxy of the likelihood of corruptionUniversidade da Coruña2018info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/149327Articles publicats en revistes (Econometria, Estadística i Economia Aplicada)reponame:Dipòsit Digital de la UBinstname:Universidad de BarcelonaInglésReproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.17979/ejge.2018.7.2.4509European Journal of Government and Economics, 2018, vol. 7, num. 2, p. 106-122https://doi.org/10.17979/ejge.2018.7.2.4509cc-by-nc (c) Jiménez González, Juan Luis et al., 2018http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/esinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/1493272026-05-27T06:46:51Z
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title Transparency and local government corruption: what does lack of transparency hide?
spellingShingle Transparency and local government corruption: what does lack of transparency hide?
Jiménez González, Juan Luis
Transparència política
Corrupció política
Administració local
Transparency in government
Political corruption
Local government
title_short Transparency and local government corruption: what does lack of transparency hide?
title_full Transparency and local government corruption: what does lack of transparency hide?
title_fullStr Transparency and local government corruption: what does lack of transparency hide?
title_full_unstemmed Transparency and local government corruption: what does lack of transparency hide?
title_sort Transparency and local government corruption: what does lack of transparency hide?
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Jiménez González, Juan Luis
Albalate, Daniel, 1980-
author Jiménez González, Juan Luis
author_facet Jiménez González, Juan Luis
Albalate, Daniel, 1980-
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Transparència política
Corrupció política
Administració local
Transparency in government
Political corruption
Local government
topic Transparència política
Corrupció política
Administració local
Transparency in government
Political corruption
Local government
description This paper empirically investigates the causal relationship between local government transparency and political corruption in a sample of Spain's 110 largest municipalities. After implementing a two-stage probit estimation procedure, our evidence indicates that transparency is inversely related to the likelihood of local political corruption. This result supports the hypothesis that a lack of transparency conceals corrupt activities and that an unwillingness to provide information is a good proxy of the likelihood of corruption
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European Journal of Government and Economics, 2018, vol. 7, num. 2, p. 106-122
https://doi.org/10.17979/ejge.2018.7.2.4509
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