Studying the Risk of Corruption in the Least Corrupt Countries
- 1 July 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Public Integrity
- Vol. 10 (3), 193-214
- https://doi.org/10.2753/pin1099-9922100301
Abstract
This article provides a conceptual framework for studies of areas of politics and public policy in which political corruption is most likely to emerge (danger zones). The use of principal-agent theory in qualitative case studies is recommended. This approach gives attention to context, to the specifics of institutional design, and to individual choice as found in the "least corrupt" countries of the world.Keywords
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