Indecent Disclosures
Anticorruption Reforms and Political Selection
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6230252 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Szakonyi (0000-0002-3796-0297, George Washington University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 67 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 503-519 |
| Publication date | 2023-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0092-5853 • E-ISSN: 1540-5907 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/ajps.12646 |
| OpenAlex | W3170384553 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 30 |
Does the passage of anticorruption reforms affect the types of people that want to serve in government? This article evaluates the effects of a common tool to fight corruption—financial disclosures—using data on 25,642 elections in Putin‐era Russia. I argue that financial disclosures function like a personal audit, generating information for journalists and prosecutors to investigate illicit gains earned inside and outside of government. Exploiting staggered elections, I find that requiring financial disclosures leads to roughly 25% fewer incumbents seeking reelection and 10% fewer candidates with suspicious financial histories. Greater media freedom and law enforcement capacity further increase the risk of corruption and tax evasion being uncovered, resulting in even fewer candidacies from those criminally exposed. Increasing transparency changes the incentives for serving in elected office, even in settings where other political motives may be at play
Audit · Business · Economics · Enforcement · Freedom of information · Freedom of the press · Incentive · Language change · Market economy · Political corruption · Political science · Politics · Public economics · Tax Evasion · Transparency (behavior · Accounting · Corruption and Economic Development · Law · Media Influence and Politics
To know is to act? Revisiting the impact of government transparency on corruption
Audit Risk and Wealth Accumulation
Russian Regional Politicians’ Income and Property Declarations
Incentivizing anticorruption reform
Politicians doing business
Peace and Inclusive Governance in Sustainable Development
Local Leaders' Informal Networks and Policy Tourism
Opposition rule under autocracy
Of deviance and patriarchy
The economic consequences of businesspeople in politics
Corruption and Co-Optation in Autocracy
An Economic Model of Representative Democracy
A Model of Political Competition with Citizen-Candidates
Politically Connected Firms
Corruption in Developing Countries
Politics for Profit
Exposing Corrupt Politicians
Trapped in Informality
Black Cash' Tax Evasion in Russia
Public servants in parliament
Monitoring Corruption
Getting Rich Too Fast? Voters’ Reactions to Politicians’ Wealth Accumulation
The Impact of Ethics Laws on Legislative Recruitment and the Occupational Composition of State Legislatures
Moonlighting Politicians
Weapons of the Powerful
Businessman Candidates
What Explains Corruption Perceptions? The Dark Side of Political Competition in Russia's Regions
Elite Defection under Autocracy
| Citations per year | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |