Accountability and Transparency to Fight against Corruption: An International Comparative Analysis

@article{Brusca2018AccountabilityAT,
  title={Accountability and Transparency to Fight against Corruption: An International Comparative Analysis},
  author={Isabel Brusca and Francesca Manes Rossi and Natalia Aversano},
  journal={Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice},
  year={2018},
  volume={20},
  pages={486 - 504}
}
Abstract The paper analyzes whether transparency, the quality of budgetary management and the strength of audit institutions have a positive effect on corruption and can increase trust in governments from a comparative analysis. The study is based on panel data from 75 countries worldwide about transparency and corruption published by international organizations, testing a relation between the transparency and accountability of a country and corruption and trust in governments has been tested… 
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