A widespread and commonly held belief is that a free and independent press fulfills a both significant and important role in fighting corruption. In numerous policy proposals and general recommendations, the importance ...

While the relationship between freedom of the media and corruption has been established, it is open whether media freedom also contributes to higher quality of government. The basic argument in this article is that previous ...

Free media have traditionally been seen as vital to democratization and economic development. International actors, such as UN, the World Bank, the EU, Transparency International, the OECD and the research field in its ...