The interactive impact of press freedom and media reach on corruption

Dutta, Nabamita; Roy, Sanjukta

doi:10.1016/j.econmod.2016.05.008

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“…The joint power of the two traits of the media sector – freedom and reach – in improving governance can be witnessed in the following example – ‘a video of Peru's one-time intelligence chief, Vladimiro Montesinos, paying a bribe to a congressman was leaked to the media in September 2000. The resulting scandal brought down President Alberto Fujimori's ten year of autocratic rule’ (Dutta and Roy, 2016).…”

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The right to be free: is media freedom good news for women's rights?

Cooray

Dutta²,

Mallick

2016

Journal of Institutional Economics

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Using an extensive dataset covering 187 countries during [1993][1994][1995][1996][1997][1998][1999][2000][2001][2002][2003][2004][2005][2006][2007][2008][2009][2010][2011] 9 this paper explores the impact of media freedom from government control on 10 women's rights. To measure women's rights, we consider economic, political and 11 social rights that capture the extent of government's respect for these rights at 12 country level over time. A free press improves government's accountability to the 13 society and leads to better governance. In the context of women's rights, a free 14 press can enhance positive rights by helping women raise voices and gain 15 recognition, and thereby making the government create a more conducive 16 environment for women's empowerment. Further, higher press freedom can 17 reduce the infringement of negative rights by calling for greater public 18 accountability. Yet, a free media, while necessary, may not be sufficient in 19 enhancing such rights, and other institutional factors related to a country's 20 development might be essential to reap the benefit of a free media. Our estimated 21 marginal impacts show that greater access of media (in the form of internet and 22 mobile users) and countries with greater democratic capital enhance the impact of 23 media freedom on women's economic and social rights, with little effect on 24 political rights. 25 *

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The right to be free: is media freedom good news for women's rights?

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Mallick

2016

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“…ese can have a positive impact on the overall innovation activities. Regarding the efficiency effect, free press and free media increase government accountability and generate greater monitoring power, which leads to a decrease in corrupt practices and corruption [54,55]. Free press and free media buffer government corruption, enhance institutional quality, provide efficiency in government work, and bring clarity in governmental policies.…”

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Impacts of Voice and Accountability upon Innovation in Pakistan: Evidence from ARDL and Maki Cointegration Approaches

Nadeem

Jiao

Nawaz

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Mathematical Problems in Engineering

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Innovative capacity has a decisive and crucial role in determining who is prospering in the global arena. Innovation is crucial for value creation, high productivity, economic growth, employment, and sustainable development that benefit the consumers, firms, businesses, and economy as a whole. Several institutional, political, and social conditions lead to different responses of innovation. For instance, low voice and accountability may lead to low institutional setting, cronyism, and favoritism in allocation of resources, which can harm innovation. Similarly, the terrorist attack of 9/11 caused horrific scales of destructions, which caught the countries on various fronts such as economic, political, and technological. Further, sound infrastructure and savings rates are essential to enhance innovation. Applying the ARDL approach to cointegration, this study investigates the impact of voice and accountability, terrorism, infrastructure, and savings on innovation in Pakistan. The empirical evidence shows that low voice and accountability and terrorism have adverse impacts on innovation in the short- and long-run periods. Further, findings reveal that inadequate infrastructures and low savings adversely affect the innovation in both periods. Various robust checks such as Maki cointegration, Johansen cointegration test, fully modified ordinary least square, dynamic ordinary least square, and canonical cointegration regression corroborate the results. The findings of the study would be of substantial implications for government and policymakers.

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“…Moreover, the outputs of the analysis for Asia revealed that GE, The dynamic panel data analysis has advantages over the static panel data analysis: First, it minimizes the risk of endogeneity issues (Dutta & Roy, 2016;Naik & Padhi, 2015;Wooldridge, 2010), and second, it provides an appropriate analysis approach when the number of time period is shorter compared to the number of panels (Wooldridge, 2010).…”

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The link between institutional quality, ethical behaviors of firms, and market regulations on stock market developments

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This study explores the link between institutional quality, ethical behaviors of firms, and market regulations on stock market developments. The dynamic panel regression analysis and moderation analysis with single-threshold modeling approaches were exploited to test the hypotheses. The results show that overall institutional quality with its six indicators are significant predictors of stock market development taking into account that they have varying influence on different stock market development proxy. Moreover, moderation analysis showed that the ethical behavior of firms and market regulations mostly acts as a substitute and sometimes acts as a complement for institutional quality in stock market development.

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The interactive impact of press freedom and media reach on corruption

Cited by 49 publications

References 71 publications

The right to be free: is media freedom good news for women's rights?

The right to be free: is media freedom good news for women's rights?

Impacts of Voice and Accountability upon Innovation in Pakistan: Evidence from ARDL and Maki Cointegration Approaches

The link between institutional quality, ethical behaviors of firms, and market regulations on stock market developments

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