The Effect of the Proportionality Degree of Electoral Systems on Corruption

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This work provides a new way to analyze of the effect of electoral system and corruption: through its degree of proportionality. It seems the correct way to consider them because their proportionality degree varies under the same PR, plurality and mixed system. Results show that those degrees of proportionality which allow both voters’ and opponents’ monitors to exercise their power, induce politicians to avoid corrupt behaviour. This happens when we increase plurality elements into PR. But it is beneficial only up to certain proportionality degrees, after which the corresponding level of corruption begins to grow. For governors the choice of their proportionality degree becomes, therefore, fundamental.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: EERI Research Paper Series ; No. 03/2015

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior ; Single Equation Models; Single Variables: Panel Data Models; Spatio-temporal Models
• Subject: Electoral Systems ; corruption ; proportionality degree ; semi-parametric methods

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Alfano, Maria Rosaria ; Baraldi, Anna Laura ; Papagni, Erasmo
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Economics and Econometrics Research Institute (EERI)
• (where): Brussels
• (when): 2015

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/142677
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:45 AM CET