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

European Journal of Government and Economics

Juan Luis Jiménez¹  Daniel Albalate² 

[1] Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria;Universitat de Barcelona;

关键词: Political Corruption;    Transparency;    Local Government;   

DOI  :  10.17979/ejge.2018.7.2.4509

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

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.

【 授权许可】

Unknown