Title: A new corruption index based on individual attitudes

Authors: Andrea Bonanomi; Silvia Angela Osmetti

Addresses: Department of Statistical Sciences, Catholic University, Largo Gemelli 1, 20123 Milan, Italy ' Department of Statistical Sciences, Catholic University, Largo Gemelli 1, 20123 Milan, Italy

Abstract: The aim of this paper is to propose a new corruption index based on individual attitudes referring to the European citizens. The index is defined by means of the person location parameters estimated by a partial credit model (PCM). This model is particularly suitable since the synthetic value of the interest latent variable 'Corruption Perception' is first evaluated at individual level; its estimated scores are then naturally aggregated to higher levels in order to obtain a measure at Europe and nation-wide.

Keywords: Rasch Model; PCM; partial credit model; statistical measures; corruption index; corruption measures; individual attitudes; Europe; corruption perception.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMEF.2013.056399

International Journal of Monetary Economics and Finance, 2013 Vol.6 No.2/3, pp.232 - 243

Published online: 15 Sep 2013 *

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