Article in Comparative Political Studies,Sage Journals  

Description: While much research has been devoted to the institutional determinants of corruption in democracies, debates continue regarding the merits of distributing executive power horizontally (presidentialism vs. parliamentarism) and vertically (federalism vs. unitarism). Taking advantage of the rich empirical literature on the subject, we investigate the effects of institutional features on corruption applying a meta-analytical framework to over 1000 estimates across 71 studies conducted over three decades.

Link: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00104140241290213

Year of publication: 2024

Authors: Jana Schwenk, with Stephen Dawson and Georgios Xezonakis – GOT