Do Independent Prosecutors Deter Political Corruption? An Empirical Evaluation across Seventy-eight Countries
Anne van Aaken (),
Lars Feld and
Stefan Voigt
American Law and Economics Review, 2010, vol. 12, issue 1, 204-244
Abstract:
It is hypothesized that prosecution agencies that are dependent on the executive have less incentives to prosecute crimes committed by government members that in turn increases their incentives to commit such crimes. Here, this hypothesis is put to an empirical test focusing on a particular kind of crime, namely corruption. In order to test it, it was necessary to create an indicator measuring de jure as well as de facto independence of the prosecution agencies. The regressions show that de facto independence of prosecution agencies robustly reduces corruption of officials. Copyright 2010, Oxford University Press.
Date: 2010
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