Arbeitspapier
Political Networks across the Globe
Political networks are an important feature of the political and economic landscape of countries. Despite their ubiquity and significance, information on such networks has proven hard to collect due to a pervasive lack of transparency. However, with the advent of big data and artificial intelligence, major financial services institutions are now actively collating publicly available information on politically exposed persons and their networks. In this study, we use one such data set to show how network characteristics vary across political systems. We provide results from more than 150 countries and show how the format of the network tends to reflect the extent of democratisation of each country. We also outline further avenues for research using such data.
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 13103
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
Structure, Scope, and Performance of Government
Socialist Systems and Transitional Economies: Political Economy; Property Rights
Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions: Consumer Economics; Health; Education and Training: Welfare, Income, Wealth, and Poverty
Economic History: Government, War, Law, International Relations, and Regulation: Europe: 1913-
- Subject
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political networks
rent-seeking
democratic consolidation
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Commander, Simon
Poupakis, Stavros
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
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Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
- (where)
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Bonn
- (when)
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2020
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Commander, Simon
- Poupakis, Stavros
- Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
Time of origin
- 2020
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