We hypothesize that the spread of the Internet has reduced corruption, chiefly through two mechanisms. First, the … that the spread of the Internet has reduced the extent of corruption across the globe and across the U.S. The size of the … Internet facilitates the dissemination of information about corrupt behavior, which raises the detection risks to shady …

We test the hypothesis that the Internet is a useful technology for controlling corruption. In order to do so, we … estimates suggest that the emergence of the Internet has served to reduce the extent of corruption across U.S. states and across … develop a novel identification strategy for Internet diffusion. Power disruptions damage digital equipment, which increases …