Other publications
In this section, you can find other scientific publications by RESPOND partners on topics related to the project, though not produced within the framework of RESPOND.
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Survey research on corruption: challenges and advancements
The study of corruption has benefited significantly from the expansion of survey research and the availability of cross-national survey data. Survey methods and techniques have been used extensively to assess attitudes, perceptions, and self-reported experiences of corruption across different contexts, to gain knowledge of what corruption is in the eyes of the beholder, to provide…
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Anti-corruption from the grassroots in digitalized societies: from websites and social media platforms to chatbots and artificial intelligence applications
This chapter provides an overview of current understandings of the relationship between digital technologies and anti-corruption. Existing knowledge predominantly stems from studies adopting a distant, instrumental perspective, often overlooking the grassroots dynamics of how digital technologies influence anti-corruption efforts and, in turn, how these efforts shape the use of such technologies to enhance transparency, accountability,…
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I Solemnly Swear I’m Up To Good: A Megastudy Investigating the Effectiveness of Honesty Oaths on Curbing Dishonesty.
Description: Dishonest behaviors such as tax evasion impose significant societal costs. Ex-ante honesty oaths—commitments to honesty before action—have been proposed as interventions to counteract dishonest behavior, but the heterogeneity in findings across operationalizations calls their effectiveness into question. We tested 21 honesty oaths (including a baseline oath)—proposed, evaluated, and selected by 44 expert researchers—and a no-oath…
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The Distribution of Executive Power and Corruption: A Meta-Analytical Review
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…