Measures of corruption started to emerge in the 1990s, as interest shifted to the study of its determinants and consequences using quantitative methods, also with the aim of addressing the public demand to curb it. The most popular measures are based on perceptions of the degree of corruption and, as such, are subjective. Other approaches have an objective character, in the sense that they are based on hard data of some type—such as judicial statistics, recorded prices of public purchases, or other characteristics emerging from large datasets of publicly procured goods and services. Overall, the available measures have their respective shortcomings. They reflect a narrow view of corruption which tends to coincide with bribes. Measures of broader definitions of corruption, such as forms of “legal corruption”, are almost absent.
escresa, l., picci, l. (2024). Measurement of corruption. Cheltenham : Edward Elgar.
Measurement of corruption
escresa, laarni;picci, lucio
2024
Abstract
Measures of corruption started to emerge in the 1990s, as interest shifted to the study of its determinants and consequences using quantitative methods, also with the aim of addressing the public demand to curb it. The most popular measures are based on perceptions of the degree of corruption and, as such, are subjective. Other approaches have an objective character, in the sense that they are based on hard data of some type—such as judicial statistics, recorded prices of public purchases, or other characteristics emerging from large datasets of publicly procured goods and services. Overall, the available measures have their respective shortcomings. They reflect a narrow view of corruption which tends to coincide with bribes. Measures of broader definitions of corruption, such as forms of “legal corruption”, are almost absent.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
