Abstract
We study the role of institutional quality on the fiscal transparency of a country. We show that such a link does exist even when controlling for endogeneity. Our findings are robust to changes in specification and a host of transparency sub-measures. An advantage of our study is that we use new data on fiscal transparency for a cross-section of 82 countries, which are based on in-depth reports based on a standardized methodology and protocol. Furthermore, the fiscal measures were obtained with the collaboration of government authorities, which makes them particularly reliable.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 241-263 |
Number of pages | 23 |
Journal | Economics of Governance |
Volume | 17 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Aug 2016 |
Keywords
- Cross-country
- Fiscal
- Institutions
- Transparency