Curbing Corruption in the Public Sector by Utilizing Electronic Public Administration

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Corruption is a highly debated issue that harms both the governments of individual countries as well as citizens themselves. Corruption in the public sector can lead to an increase in public spending and a reduction in the amount of taxes levied, thus increasing fiscal deficits and creating macroeconomic instability. Utilizing electronic administration within the public sector has recently been given much attention a key tool for fighting corruption in public administration. E‑administration not only makes it possible to provide more information to the population more simply, efficiently, and quickly, but it also helps to eliminate discretion on the part of officials, i.e., the officials’ power to make decisions based on their personal assessment of a situation. This paper focuses on the relationship between a country’s corruption level and the degree of e‑government being used in the country. Using graphical interpretation of statistical data and regression analysis, it was found that utilizing e‑government within public administration has a positive effect on a country’s corruption level. However, economic performance demonstrated the greatest influence on the corruption level for the given period and group of countries. … full description

Bibliographic Details

Main Author

Veronika Linhartová, 1986-

Document Type

Articles

Physical Description

6 ilustrací

Published in

Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis. -- ISSN 1211-8516. -- Roč. 67, č. 4 (2019), s. 1039-1048

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PUBLIC SECTOR

GOVERNMENT

Public administration

PUBLIC FINANCE

PUBLIC EXPENDITURE

LEVIES

macroeconomics

COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY

INFORMATION NEEDS

DIFFUSION OF INFORMATION

Electronic data transmission

DECISION MAKING

STATISTICAL DATA

Regression analysis

boj s korupcí

fiskální deficit

výkonnost ekonomiky

veřejný sektor

vláda

veřejná správa

veřejné finance

veřejné výdaje

vybírání daní

makroekonomika

komunikační technologie

informační potřeby

šíření informací

elektronický přenos dat

rozhodovací činnost

statistické údaje

regresní analýza

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Item Description

4 grafy, 2 tabulky

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