Social capital predicts corruption risk in towns

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dc.author.affiliationKÉTOhu
dc.author.affiliationNONRKIhu
dc.author.mtmtid10018005
dc.contributor.authorLengyel, Balázs
dc.contributor.authorWachs, Johannes
dc.contributor.authorYasseri, Taha
dc.contributor.authorKertész, János
dc.coverage.mtmtmtmthu
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-14T09:17:28Z
dc.date.available2019-10-14T09:17:28Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractCorruption is a social plague: gains accrue to small groups, while its costs are borne by everyone. Significant variation in its level between and within countries suggests a relationship between social structure and the prevalence of corruption, yet, large-scale empirical studies thereof have been missing due to lack of data. In this paper, we relate the structural characteristics of social capital of settlements with corruption in their local governments. Using datasets from Hungary, we quantify corruption risk by suppressed competition and lack of transparency in the settlement’s awarded public contracts. We characterize social capital using social network data from a popular online platform. Controlling for social, economic and political factors, we find that settlements with fragmented social networks, indicating an excess of bonding social capital has higher corruption risk, and settlements with more diverse external connectivity, suggesting a surplus of bridging social capital is less exposed to corruption. We interpret fragmentation as fostering in-group favouritism and conformity, which increase corruption, while diversity facilitates impartiality in public life and stifles corruption.hu
dc.description.accessszabadon elérhető / Free accesshu
dc.format.extentfirstpage1hu
dc.format.extentlastpage13hu
dc.format.extentvolume6hu
dc.identifier.citationRoyal Society Open Science 6:(4) pp. 1-13.hu
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.182103hu
dc.identifier.issn2054-5703hu
dc.identifier.mtmt-recordid30829414
dc.identifier.urihttps://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.182103
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11155/2039
dc.languageangolhu
dc.relation.ispartofjournalRoyal Society Open Sciencehu
dc.relation.ispartofjournalissue4hu
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0) Nevezd meg!-Ne add el!-Ne változtasd!hu
dc.subjectkorrupcióhu
dc.subjecttársadalmi tőkehu
dc.subjecttelepülésfejlesztés - Magyarországhu
dc.subjecttelepülésgazdálkodáshu
dc.titleSocial capital predicts corruption risk in townsen
dc.typejournalArticlehu
dc.type.descriptionfolyóiratcikkhu
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