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AuthorShockley, Bethany
AuthorEwers, Michael
AuthorNardis, Yioryos
AuthorGengler, Justin
Available date2018-06-26T10:44:18Z
Publication Date2017-12-27
Publication NameGovernance
Identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gove.12330
CitationShockley B, Ewers M, Nardis Y, Gengler J. Exaggerating good governance: Regime type and score inflation among executive survey informants. Governance. 2017;00:1–22. https://doi.org/10.1111/gove.12330
ISSN0952-1895
URIhttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14680491
URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/10576/6749
AbstractResearchers and policymakers often rely on executive surveys to understand and promote good governance. In doing so, they assume that the evaluations provided by these well‐informed respondents are not systematically influenced by regime type. However, regime‐embedded executives often have a personal stake in the survey outcomes, incentivizing them to exaggerate good governance. This paper compares World Economic Forum Executive Opinion Survey responses to corollary measures of key governance concepts in democracies, anocracies, and autocracies. It finds evidence of significant score inflation among executives in closed regimes. The individual‐level mechanisms are explored in one autocracy by comparing responses from regime‐embedded informants based at firms headquartered within the country with those managing businesses headquartered abroad. These micro‐level data likewise reveal evidence of widespread inflation, particularly on items related to governance. Finally, a closer look at Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index demonstrates the broader impact Executive Opinion Survey inflation for measuring governance within closed regimes.
Languageen
PublisherWiley
Subjectgood governance
executive survey informants
regime type
TitleExaggerating good governance: Regime type and score inflation among executive survey informants
TypeArticle
Pagination1-22
ESSN1468-0491
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