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Social Capital and Corruption: An examination of the intervening role of Good Governance

Social Capital and Corruption: An examination of the intervening role of Good Governance. Riccardo Ferraresso Bryce Peterson Daiwon Lee John Jay College of Criminal Justice/CUNY Graduate Center. Presentation Outline. Intro Present Study Methods Data Analytic Strategy Hypotheses

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Social Capital and Corruption: An examination of the intervening role of Good Governance

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  1. Social Capital and Corruption: An examination of the intervening role of Good Governance Riccardo Ferraresso Bryce Peterson Daiwon Lee John Jay College of Criminal Justice/CUNY Graduate Center

  2. Presentation Outline • Intro • Present Study • Methods • Data • Analytic Strategy • Hypotheses • Results of Analyses • Conclusions • Implications

  3. Intro • Social Capital  Corruption (-)

  4. Intro • Social Capital  Corruption (-) • Social Capital  Governance Performance (+)

  5. Intro • Social Capital  Corruption (-) • Social Capital  Governance Performance (+) • Governance Performance Corruption (-)

  6. Present Study • Goal: of the study is to examine the paths between social capital, governance performance, and corruption. • Contributions • Clarify the role social capital plays in reducing corruption • Examine the direct and intervening role of governance in explaining the level of corruption • Cross-national study with large sample of countries • Potential research implications

  7. Hypotheses Governance H4- H4+ H3- H2 + Social Capital Corruption H1 - • Controls • Gini Index • GDP • Mean Education • # Years Democracy

  8. Data • World Values Survey (1996-2008) • World Bank – Governance Indicators (2002-2006) • 192 countries • Transparency International – Corruption Perception Index • UNDP – Human Development Index (1983-2002) • 126 countries • World Development Indicators (2002-2005) • 178 countries • Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation – University of Washington (2002) • 174 countries • Treisman, 2007 (2000) • 173 countries

  9. Variables

  10. Analytic Strategy • Path Analysis • Four-step process • Step 1: Social Capital  Corruption • Step 2: Social Capital  Governance • Step 3: Governance  Corruption • Step 4: Full Model

  11. Findings – Hypothesis One

  12. Findings – Hypothesis Two

  13. Findings – Hypothesis Three

  14. Findings – Hypothesis Four

  15. Discussion • Only generalized trust is a good predictor of lower levels of corruption • Social capital does not impact the quality of governance • Cross national application • Both social capital and good governance contribute to lower levels of corruption • But governance is particularly important

  16. Implications & Future Research • Test different ways to construct social capital • Include more developing countries • Test mediation at country level • Use multi-level modeling to test the full model

  17. Contact Information Riccardo Ferraresso - rferraresso@jjay.cuny.edu Daiwon Lee - dlee@jjay.cuny.edu Bryce Peterson - bpeterson@jjay.cuny.edu

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