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| Matthew Stephenson
2021, Paper: "Most global corruption statistics are based on estimation, extrapolation, or generalisation. How plausible are they? We review ten of the most widely cited claims, tracing each to its source and evaluating its credibility and reliability. We found that none could be classified as credible, and only two came close. After critiquing these oftcited figures, we suggest five ways that organisations can improve the statistical claims…
| Matthew Stephenson
September 2020, Paper: "Endemic corruption in developing countries often seems intractable. Yet most countries that currently have relatively high public integrity were, at an earlier point in their history, afflicted with similarly pervasive corruption. Studying the history of these countries may therefore make a valuable contribution to modern debates about anticorruption reform. This paper considers the experience of the United States,…
| Matthew Stephenson
FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report, Episode 211. Matthew Stephenson, November 17, 2015, Video. "In this episode, I visit with Matthew Stephenson, Harvard Law Professor and founder of the Global Anticorruption Blog. He talks about why he founded the site, what he hopes to accomplish, some of the topics which have interested him the most and a few surprises."…
| Matthew Stephenson
GAB | The Global Anticorruption Blog. Matthew Stephenson, 2014, Opinion. "The Global Anticorruption Blog is devoted to promoting analysis and discussion of the problem of corruption around the world. This blog is intended to provide a forum for exchanging information and ideas across disciplinary and professional boundaries, and to foster rigorous, vigorous, and constructive debate about corruption’s causes, consequences, and potential remedies…
| Matthew Stephenson
Does Separation of Powers Promote Stability and Moderation? Matthew Stephenson, June 2013, Paper. "It is often asserted that separation of legislative powers tends to make legislation both more moderate (because concessions to all veto players are needed to secure enactment) and less frequent (because sufficient concessions are sometimes infeasible). The formal analysis in this article shows this claim to be incomplete and sometimes incorrect.…