Corruption and the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
首次用面板数据研究采掘业透明度倡议（EITI）成员资格与腐败变化的关系，发现EITI总体上能保护资源丰富国家免受腐败随时间恶化的趋势。
The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) has received much attention as a scheme that can help reduce corruption in mineral-rich developing economies. To our knowledge, this paper provides the first empirical attempt (using panel data) to explore how EITI membership links to changes in corruption levels. We also examine whether the different stages in EITI implementation (initial commitment, candidature, full compliance) influence the pace of changes in corruption. We find that EITI membership offers, on the whole, a shielding mechanism against the general tendency of mineral-rich countries to experience increases in corruption over time.