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 ...

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 ...

This article explores the relationship between the party system, electoral formula and corruption. Previous research has focused on the various incentives for political actors to monitor, or engage in corruption based ...

The Nordic countries are known for their well-functioning public administrations. In indices measuring control of corruption and the quality of the rule of law, these countries frequently occupy top positions. This article ...

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 ...

The world today faces a number of environmental problems that are both severe and urgent. Finding effective solutions is one of the top priorities for the international community, with at least half of the United Nations ...

Objective: To investigate the association between two measures of corruption – prevalence of corruption in the health sector and prevalence of bribes in the society – and antibiotic consumption in the European regions. ...

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 ...

This paper aims to investigate how ideas and socio-cultural preferences of “public” versus “private” account for the presence of bribery and corruption practices. Understanding corruption in terms of the differences that ...

Based on an understanding of political participation as key for a functioning democracy, the paper examines the relationship between corruption perceptions and political participation. Founded on previous literature on the ...