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Mayors and Corruption in Spain: Same Rules, Different Outcomes

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  • Salvador Parrado
  • Carl Dahlström
  • Víctor Lapuente

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In Spain, there has been widespread corruption in the area of public procurement at the local level, although corrupt practices have not affected all municipalities to the same extent. By comparing two municipalities with ‘clean’ and ‘rotten’ corruption records, this article shows that relatively independent bureaucrats—so-called trustees—can act as a check to prevent political moral hazard. Yet, in order to transform their de jure supervisory powers into de facto powers, the trustees must be supported by merit-based human resources policy, rules and standard operating procedures, transparency and independent watchdogs.

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  • Salvador Parrado & Carl Dahlström & Víctor Lapuente, 2018. "Mayors and Corruption in Spain: Same Rules, Different Outcomes," South European Society and Politics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 23(3), pages 303-322, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:fsesxx:v:23:y:2018:i:3:p:303-322
    DOI: 10.1080/13608746.2018.1528692
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    1. Weißmüller, Kristina Sabrina & Zuber, Anna, 2022. "Understanding the Micro-Foundations of Administrative Corruption in the Public Sector: Findings from a Systematic Literature Review," OSF Preprints z9bcy, Center for Open Science.

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