Can electors combat corruption? Institutional arrangements and citizen behaviour.

Xezonakis, Georgios,1975Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Statsvetenskapliga institutionen,Quality of Government Institute (QoG),Department of Political Science (författare)

Studies interested in the cross-national levels of corruption have concluded that specific institutional characteristics drive the aggregate variation. In countries with high institutional clarity and plurality electoral systems, corruption tends to be lower since increased voter monitoring and clarity of responsibility incentivise politicians to deliver virtuous policies. However, the underlying accountability mechanism has never been tested at the individual level. It is still unclear whether (1) voters do place voting weights on corruption, and (2) whether these weights vary in response to aggregate institutional characteristics. In this article, survey data from 23 democracies is used to put the accountability micro-mechanism to this test. While there is some evidence that voters do vote on the basis of corruption, the moderating effect of institutional characteristics is not as strong as previously thought.

Kosmidis, S (författare)
Dahlberg, Stefan,1975Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Statsvetenskapliga institutionen,Quality of Government Institute (QoG),Department of Political Science(Swepub:gu)xdahst (författare)
Göteborgs universitetStatsvetenskapliga institutionen (creator_code:org_t)

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