Corruption and citizen compliance with the law : an empirical analysis
Date
2019-09
Authors
Guida Johnson, Nicolás
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Rossi, Martín A.
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Universidad de San Andrés. Departamento de Economía
Abstract
I empirically analyze the effect of the disclosure of corruption cases on the compliance with law
by citizens. To do so, I use data on corruption cases generated by the Brazil's anti-corruption
plan, which randomly audits municipalities for their use of federal funds. I measure noncompliance
with the law by citizens using data on traffic offenses at the municipality level. My
main results indicate that the disclosure of corruption cases at the municipality level increases
traffic offenses per capita by 1.2% and an additional case of corruption disclosed increases
traffic offenses per capita by 0.4%. These estimates are small and not statistically different
from zero. Therefore, I am not able to conclude that the disclosure of corruption has an impact
on the compliance with the law by citizens.
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Fil: Guida Johnson, Nicolás. Universidad de San Andrés. Departamento de Economía; Argentina.
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Guida Johnson, N. (2019). Corruption and citizen compliance with the law : an empirical analysis. [Tesis de maestría, Universidad de San Andrés. Departamento de Economía]. Repositorio Digital San Andrés. http://hdl.handle.net/10908/18465