Christian A. Ruzzier

[Christian A. Ruzzier @ChiriRuzzier]

@carolinofuentes @EconUdesa Gracias por tu apreciación. La corrupción es medida en base a opiniones de expertos, como es habitual. En eso se parece a las percepciones del CPI, pero mejor.

[Christian A. Ruzzier @ChiriRuzzier]

@estereofonico @EconUdesa @estereofonico si leyeras el paper verías que tu afirmación no es correcta. Saludos.

[Christian A. Ruzzier @ChiriRuzzier]

@JohnRuf6 It seems to me that demanding more credit for coauthors "because they are pretty obviously doing 90% of the work" is akin to demanding more credit for the construction workers that built the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona - implying less credit for Gaudi

[Christian A. Ruzzier @ChiriRuzzier]

@wsosaescudero @EconUdesa Gracias @wsosaescudero !

[Christian A. Ruzzier @ChiriRuzzier]

@paulopezvi But part of the story also seems to be that the left in power runs lower quality bureaucracies (with less meritocratic recruitment and less impartial administration), and faces lower checks and balances.

[Christian A. Ruzzier @ChiriRuzzier]

In our new working paper with @paulopezvi, we identify a causal positive effect of electing a left-wing government on a country’s overall corruption – its size is akin to moving from a country like the United Kingdom to a country like Greece, or from Argentina to Cote d’Ivoire.

[Christian A. Ruzzier @ChiriRuzzier]

@paulopezvi https://t.co/ZEoc5dxlYk
The effect appears to be linked to extended government intervention in the economy: left-wing governments intervene more through state ownership and—though somewhat imprecisely estimated—through business regulation.