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Driving Forces behind Gender Equality - A Cross-Country Comparison
(2009-12)
There is a growing body of research acknowledging the lack of good cross-country
comparisons that contribute to the understanding of what drives change in society, i.e.
what make some countries more gender equal than ...
Does Democracy Produce Quality of Government?
(2009-01)
This paper analyzes the effects of political regimes over state capacity or the
quality of government (QoG): do democratic states perform better than authoritarian
ones? Previous studies on this puzzle point to a nonlinear ...
The Impact of Socio-Political Integration and Press Freedom on Corruption in Developing Countries
(2008-03)
Do domestic institutions filter the effects of international openness on levels of government corruption? The analyses in this study demonstrate a more nuanced understanding of a previously understood phenomenon — that ...
Corruption in the Carbon Market? International Organisations, Transparency and the Clash of Values
(2009-06)
Are international organizations a positive force in improving good governance and reducing corruption? International organizations have traditionally been perceived as a positive force in international politics. This paper ...
Political Corruption and Social Trust: An Experimental Approach
(2005)
Few experimental studies have investigated important factors for people’s perceptions
of the trustworthiness of others. Building on theories that point at the importance of
trustworthy government institutions, an experiment ...
Towards Better Governments? A Theoretical Framework for the Influence of International Organizations
(2009-12)
Although international organizations are typically seen as important actors promoting
better government institutions and reducing corruption, there are few comprehensive
analysis of how they promote such changes. This ...
Correlates of Corruption in India: Analysis and Evidence from the States
(2009-06)
Several leading indicators of corruption point to a serious problem in India on whole. Yet what explains the substantial variance of corruption levels perceived and experienced by citizens across Indian states? Surprisingly ...
Electoral Systems: Assessing the Cross-Sectional Time-Series Data Sources
(2009-05)
In this paper we compare and assess four freely available cross-sectional time-series
data sets in terms of their information on the ballot structure, district structure and
formula of the electoral system in use for ...