A New Cross-National Measure of Corruption

Escresa, Laarni ; Picci, Lucio

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: PUBLIC OFFICIALS;    CORRUPTION SURVEYS;    TERRORISM;    DOMAINS;    CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX;   

RP-ID  :  WPS7371

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

A new measure of cross-nationalcorruption is constructed based on the geographicdistribution of public officials involved in cross-bordercorruption cases. A comparison is made between the PublicAdministration Corruption Index (PACI) and perception-basedmeasures, considers the extent to which differences betweenthem are driven by systematic factors, and concludes thatthey are not. As more data on cases of cross-border briberyincidents become available, the PACI will provide anincreasingly valid cross-national measure of corruption.