Does Digital Awareness Dampen Misreporting of Covid-19 Data? An Empirical Investigation

Kumari Youkta, Rajendra Narayan Paramanik and Shreya Nupur
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Kumari Youkta: Indian Institute of Technology Patna
Rajendra Narayan Paramanik: Indian Institute of Technology Patna
Shreya Nupur: Indian Institute of Technology Patna

Review of Economic Analysis, 2023, vol. 15, issue 3-4, 271-283

Abstract: "Manipulation of pandemic induced casualty data poses serious threat to globe. This study is an empirical attempt to assess possible factors causing such data fudging. In order to investigate strategic data misreporting by countries, we have employed acclaimed Benford’s law on numbers of deaths reported by 129 countries during both waves of pandemic. Finding reveals that alongside factors like degree of democracy, transparency etc., countries with poor digital awareness are subject to greater manipulation of data."

Keywords: "Benford’s law; Democracy; Data transparency; Digital awareness" (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: P16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.15353/rea.v15i3-4.5166

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