ANTICORPOL · New dimensions and approaches to anti-corruption policy
Horizon 2020 — Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
- Duration
- 2018-09-01 → 2020-09-09
- EU contribution
- €173,076
- Participants
- 1
- Scheme
- MSCA-IF-EF-ST
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Results in brief
New dimensions and approaches to anti-corruption policy
This project attempts an economic approach to the issue of bribery with addressing two problems: (1) measurement of corruption, which is a thorny issue on empirical studies of corruption, and (2) exploring anti-corruption policies. This project proposes the degree of corruption as a new dimension that will improve on our understanding of corruption, by combining theoretical results with empirical applications. These issues are very important for society because, in reality, corruption continues to be a central issue in the governance of institutions (public, private or mixed) - a phenomenon that costs the European economy around 120 billion euros per year. On the theoretical front, the existing literature views corruption decision as binary choices and fails to capture the degree of corruption of an individual. At the policy level, the scholars and practitioners working on the topic are facing the increasing awareness of the failure of most anti-corruption policies. On the empirical level, the current measurement of corruption is perceived or observed corruption which is usually confounded with many different things. The overall objective of this project is to introduce a new dimension in the discussion of corruption: the degree of corruption (i.e., the depth as opposed to the spread). I maintain that in order to have a complete study of the issue of corruption, it is about time that we bring the degree of corruption into the discussion.
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Project objective
Corruption continues to be a central issue in the governance of institutions (public, private or mixed). The scholars and practitioners working on the topic are facing with two challenges: (1) measurement of corruption, which is a thorny issue on empirical studies of corruption, and (2) the increasing awareness of the failure of most anti-corruption policies. The overarching objective of ANTICORPOL is to introduce a new dimension in the discussion of corruption: the degree of corruption (i.e., the depth as opposed to the spread). The benchmark of ANTICORPOL is this: it is unclear whether a system (organization, public administration) with few individuals who terribly deviate from their duty is less/more corrupt, than one with many corrupt individuals who only slightly deviate from their duty. Therefore, the degree of corruption of its members must be an integral part of the debate about corruption in a system and the development of effective policies against it. This proposal raises the following research questions: (R1) How can the degree of corruption of an individual be defined? (R2) Which policies are effective in reducing the distortion of duties of corrupt individuals? (R3) How can the degree of corruption be incorporated into measurements of corruption, at organization/country level? The proposed research is based on both theoretical and empirical methods and the combination of qualitative, comparative and quantitative analysis. This project is inherently of interdisciplinary interest because corruption is a multifaceted issue with economic, political and sociological dimensions. The research findings will contribute to a deeper understanding of corruption and further to the evaluation of the quality of democracy.
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Participants
- FONDATION NATIONALE DES SCIENCES POLITIQUES · ParisCoordinatorFrance
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