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Title: Disclosure by Politicians

Author(s): Simeon Djankov, Rafael La Porta, Florencio L�pez-de-Silanes and Andrei Shleifer

Publication Date: February 2009

Keyword(s): Business interests, Conflict of interest, Disclosure and Politicians

Programme Area(s): Development Economics

Abstract: We collect data on the rules and practices of financial and conflict disclosure by politicians in 175 countries. Although two thirds of the countries have some disclosure laws, less than a third make disclosures available to the public. Disclosure is more extensive in richer and more democratic countries. Disclosure is correlated with lower perceived corruption when it is public, when it identifies sources of income and conflicts of interest, and when a country is a democracy.

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Djankov, S, La Porta, R, L�pez-de-Silanes, F and Shleifer, A. 2009. 'Disclosure by Politicians'. London, Centre for Economic Policy Research. https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=7168