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No Pretense to Honesty: County Government Corruption in Mississippi
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Karahan, Gokhan Razzolini, Laura Shughart, William F. |
| Copyright Year | 2006 |
| Abstract | This paper explores the determinants of governmental corruption exploiting a unique dataset generated by “Operation Pretense”, an FBI investigation of county purchasing activities that ultimately led to the conviction of 55 of Mississippi’s 410 county supervisors, one county road foreman, two state highway commissioners and 13 vendors on bribery, extortion and other felony charges. Evidence is reported that corruption occurs more frequently in rural counties where voter-taxpayers have fewer years of schooling. Corruption is also more likely in counties where supervisors are paid more, ceteris paribus, casting doubt on the proposition that efficiency wages purchase honest public officials. |
| Starting Page | 211 |
| Ending Page | 227 |
| Page Count | 17 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1007/s10101-005-0006-4 |
| Volume Number | 7 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://page-one.springer.com/pdf/preview/10.1007/s10101-005-0006-4 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10101-005-0006-4 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
