Why do “tainted” politicians in high‐corruption countries adopt transparency and anti‐
corruption policies that risk exposing their wrongdoing? Using the cases of freedom of …

We test the commonly stated, but rarely investigated, assertion that making political
institutions more transparent is an effective method for combating corruption. This assertion …

Policymakers and researchers often cite the importance of government transparency for
strengthening accountability, reducing corruption, and enhancing good governance. Yet …

Is making political institutions more transparent an effective method for combating
corruption? Common wisdom in the debate and research on the causes of corruption …

Corruption hurts. As government officials misuse their offices for private gain, they do so at
the expense of both the citizens they are supposed to serve or represent and the companies …

Rules that require actors to make their finances more transparent have become a key part of
the anti-corruption toolkit, under the assumption that sunlight is the best disinfectant. This …

Scholarly evidence of transparency's beneficial effects on trust and perceptions of corruption
remains debated and confined to the study of public administration. We contribute to this …

In election times, political parties promise in their manifestos to pass reforms increasing
access to government information to root out corruption and improve public service delivery …

This study analyzes the effects of fiscal transparency and legal aspects on the perception of
the control on corruption. Our argument is that fiscal transparency can reduce information …

In the terminology of principal-agent theory transparency is a means by which the
'principal'controls that its 'agent'does not engage in 'agency-shirking'(ie pursues policies …