Disclosure by Politicians
研究了175个国家议员财务和利益冲突披露的规则与实践,发现仅少数国家公开披露且信息可用性低,公开披露与政府质量正相关。
We collect data on the rules and practices of financial and conflict disclosure by members of Parliament in 175 countries. Although two-thirds of the countries have some disclosure laws, less than one-third make disclosures available to the public, and less than one-sixth of potentially useful information is publicly available in practice, on average. Countries that are richer, more democratic, and have free press have more disclosure. Public disclosure, but not internal disclosure to parliament, is positively related to government quality, including lower corruption.