Is privatization related to corruption? An empirical analysis of European countries

This study analyses the relationship between privatization and corruption in Europe over the period 1995 to 2013, taking into account the problems surrounding the issue of causality. There have been researches into the role of privatization in reducing corruption, but decisions about privatization i...

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Autores: Peña Miguel, Noemí, Cuadrado Ballesteros, Beatriz
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universidad del País Vasco
Repositorio:Addi. Archivo Digital para la Docencia y la Investigación
OAI Identifier:oai:addi.ehu.eus:10810/70311
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10810/70311
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Palabra clave:privatization
corruption
public management
corporatization
state-owned enterprise.
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spelling Is privatization related to corruption? An empirical analysis of European countriesPeña Miguel, NoemíCuadrado Ballesteros, Beatrizprivatizationcorruptionpublic managementcorporatizationstate-owned enterprise.This study analyses the relationship between privatization and corruption in Europe over the period 1995 to 2013, taking into account the problems surrounding the issue of causality. There have been researches into the role of privatization in reducing corruption, but decisions about privatization itself are made by politicians, so corruption could affect also decision-making about privatizations. The empirical findings suggest that perceived corruption decreases as the number of privatization transactions increases, but the effect is contrary when privatizations are a more important in terms of annual revenues. Furthermore, our results indicate that overall, privatizations carried out since the early 1980s have not been effective in reducing corruption in Europe. Indeed, privatizations reforms are more carried out in the less corrupt countries.Taylor and Francis202420242018info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10810/70311reponame:Addi. Archivo Digital para la Docencia y la Investigacióninstname:Universidad del País VascoIngléshttps://doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2018.1444192info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess(c) 2018 Taylor & Francisoai:addi.ehu.eus:10810/703112026-06-18T09:23:17Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Is privatization related to corruption? An empirical analysis of European countries
title Is privatization related to corruption? An empirical analysis of European countries
spellingShingle Is privatization related to corruption? An empirical analysis of European countries
Peña Miguel, Noemí
privatization
corruption
public management
corporatization
state-owned enterprise.
title_short Is privatization related to corruption? An empirical analysis of European countries
title_full Is privatization related to corruption? An empirical analysis of European countries
title_fullStr Is privatization related to corruption? An empirical analysis of European countries
title_full_unstemmed Is privatization related to corruption? An empirical analysis of European countries
title_sort Is privatization related to corruption? An empirical analysis of European countries
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Peña Miguel, Noemí
Cuadrado Ballesteros, Beatriz
author Peña Miguel, Noemí
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Cuadrado Ballesteros, Beatriz
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author2 Cuadrado Ballesteros, Beatriz
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv privatization
corruption
public management
corporatization
state-owned enterprise.
topic privatization
corruption
public management
corporatization
state-owned enterprise.
description This study analyses the relationship between privatization and corruption in Europe over the period 1995 to 2013, taking into account the problems surrounding the issue of causality. There have been researches into the role of privatization in reducing corruption, but decisions about privatization itself are made by politicians, so corruption could affect also decision-making about privatizations. The empirical findings suggest that perceived corruption decreases as the number of privatization transactions increases, but the effect is contrary when privatizations are a more important in terms of annual revenues. Furthermore, our results indicate that overall, privatizations carried out since the early 1980s have not been effective in reducing corruption in Europe. Indeed, privatizations reforms are more carried out in the less corrupt countries.
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