Democracy and Corruption A Longitudinal Study on the Quality…民主与腐败对质量的纵向研究.pdfVIP

Democracy and Corruption: A Longitudinal Study on the Quality of Democracy among Latin American Countries Davide Grassi, Università degli Studi di Torino (davide.grassi@unito.it) Vincenzo Memoli, Università degli Studi di Catania (memoli@unict.it) First draft – do not quote without authors‟ permission Abstract The perception of corruption is considered a valuable indicator of democratic quality. Although often unable to satisfactorily solve the problem, democracy is commonly believed to reduce corruption: however, only end