RT Article
T1 Are Perceptions of Corruption Matching Experience?: evidence from Microdata
JF The British journal of criminology
VO 63
IS 3
SP 687
OP 708
A1 Corrado, Germana
A1 Corrado, Luisa
A1 De Michele, Giuseppe
A1 Salustri, Francesco
A2 Corrado, Luisa
A2 De Michele, Giuseppe
A2 Salustri, Francesco
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/186898558X
AB The efficacy of corruption perception indices to truly capture and accurately measure corruption behaviours has been often criticised. In fact, perceptions about corruption may not match actual experience and could represent distorted beliefs. Motivated by this criticism, we investigate the difference between perceived and experienced corruption (i.e., bribery) in public services in Europe by means of a theoretical model and an empirical analysis. Firstly, we model perceived corruption as a function of experienced corruption and a perception bias. Then, we employ a generalised setting of structural equation models to derive two distinct measures of perceived and experienced corruption from microdata on the public administration sector in Europe. The indices we obtain allow us to compare countries according to both measures of public corruption. Finally, our results suggest that perceptions of corruption may be affected by sources of media bias.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 705-708
K1 Public Administration
K1 perceived and experienced corruption
K1 latent multi-dimensional index
K1 multiple indicators multiple causes models
K1 Media
DO 10.1093/bjc/azac025