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作者：Wehner, Joachim; Mills, Linnea
作者单位：University of London; London School Economics & Political Science; University of London; London School Economics & Political Science; University College London
摘要：There is frequent public and media concern over the cost of bloated cabinets in many Sub-Saharan African countries. Scholarship on elite clientelism links cabinet positions with corruption and practices that undermine sound policymaking. This article presents new data on the number of ministers in African governments and documents a robust negative association with several measures of governance, both across countries and in a regression framework that exploits within-country variation over ti...
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作者：Tawat, Mahama
作者单位：Malmo University
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作者：Watkins, Mitchell
作者单位：University of London; University of London School Oriental & African Studies (SOAS)
摘要：Do foreign aid projects undermine citizens' trust in local and national political institutions? Drawing on institutional theories of political trust, I hypothesize that foreign aid projects reduce trust in political institutions by lowering citizens' perceptions of government performance and raising perceptions of corruption. To analyze the impact of aid projects on trust, this article utilizes geolocated survey data on citizens' trust in political institutions from Afrobarometer Rounds 2-5 (2...
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作者：Bacchus, Emily Beaulieu; Boulding, Carew
作者单位：University of Kentucky; University of Colorado System; University of Colorado Boulder
摘要：How does the fairness of the democratic process influence public perceptions of corruption? This article demonstrates the ways that elections can influence broader confidence in democracy. Corruption is often described as one of the most serious problems facing democracy today, and citizen confidence in democracy has implications for system support and legitimacy. What constitutes corruption, however, is not always obvious. We focus on the importance of citizens' feelings about electoral integ...
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作者：Placek, Michal; Valentinov, Vladislav; Ochrana, Frantisek; Vacekova, Gabriela; Langr, Ivan; Pucek, Milan
作者单位：Charles University Prague; Leibniz Association; Leibniz Institut fur Agrarentwicklung in Transformationsokonomien (IAMO); Martin Luther University Halle Wittenberg; Masaryk University; AMBIS University
摘要：Along with other postcommunist Central and East European countries, the Czech Republic continues to exhibit alarming levels of corruption. The present article draws on unique stakeholder interviews and document analysis to explore the evolving perceptions of corruption by Czech actors who had intimate knowledge of how this practice was occurring in the period between the last years of the communist regime until today. The key finding is that corruption in the Czechoslovakia and the Czech Repub...
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作者：Lewis, Orion A.; Teets, Jessica C.; Hasmath, Reza
作者单位：Middlebury College; University of Alberta
摘要：This article argues that policymakers' individual attributes influence their willingness to engage in policy innovation, and that this influence is responsive to, but not determined by, changes in the institutional structure. We derive these findings by employing principal component analysis of original data from surveys of local policymakers in China, to inductively locate different personalities. We find statistically significant personalities that influence a willingness to innovate, and th...
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作者：Nabatchi, Tina
作者单位：Syracuse University
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作者：Khawaja, Sarfraz; Khalid, Saif Ullah
摘要：This study analyzes the public service delivery system in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan following the 2014 enactment of the Right to Services Act. It adopts a case study approach, primarily based on qualitative interviews and focus group discussions, to examine the lessons learned as part of this Act's aim to improve governance. The study finds that accountability is key for measuring the public delivery of services and that the Right to Public Services Act and its corresponding ...
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作者：Ettelt, Stefanie; Williams, Lorraine; Mays, Nicholas
作者单位：University of London; London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
摘要：This article contributes to the literature on tools of governance by examining the role of national policy pilots from the perspective of local implementers, using interviews with directors of adult social services in elected local government in England. Previous research in the same settings has shown that local actors often find the experience of participating in national policy pilots frustrating. This article attempts to explain why local authorities volunteer for such schemes. Drawing on ...
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作者：Zhu, Boliang; Deng, Qing
作者单位：Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); Pennsylvania State University; Pennsylvania State University - University Park; Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); Pennsylvania State University; Pennsylvania State University - University Park
摘要：Why do some firms pay more bribes than others? We extend the literature by examining the role of one crucial, but overlooked industry characteristic-fixed-asset intensity-in shaping firms' bribe payments. High fixed-asset intensity creates natural entry barriers, thereby resulting in market concentration and opportunities for monopoly rent extraction. High rents, in turn, increase the value of government officials' control rights and thus their incentive to engage in predatory behavior. Firms ...
