E-government， Corruption Perception and the Level of Democratic Development——An Empirical Analysis Based on Cross-country Panel Data

doi:10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2019.03.007

Abstract

Abstract: There is no consistent conclusion about the relationship between e-government and corruption. Based on the theoretical analysis of the relationship between e-government and corruption， this paper， through an empirical analysis of the panel data of 143 countries during 2008—2016， finds that e-government has a curbing effect on corruption， but this effect is influenced by the level of democratic development in the country. The level of democratic development has an inverted U-shaped moderating effect on the relationship between e-government and corruption perception. In addition， because of the inertia of corruption and the endogeneity of the fixed effect model， a dynamic panel data model analysis is carried out in this research which concludes that the study has better robustness.

Key words: e-government, corruption perception, level of democratic development

CLC Number:

D630

WANG Li-hua， GAO Fang-rui. E-government， Corruption Perception and the Level of Democratic Development——An Empirical Analysis Based on Cross-country Panel Data[J]. Journal of Northeastern University(Social Science), 2019, 21(3): 268-274.

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