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Obesity of politicians and corruption in Ukraine in 2000–2020– Reply

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We collected 469 frontal face images of Ukrainian cabinet ministers who were in office in 2000–2020. For each image, the minister's body mass index was estimated using a computer vision algorithm. The time series of median estimated body mass index of cabinet ministers co‐moves over time with two existing measures of corruption – World Bank worldwide governance indicator Control of Corruption, and the discrepancy between the quantity of luxury wristwatches exported from Switzerland to Ukraine (reported by Swiss statistics) and the corresponding quantity imported by Ukraine from Switzerland (reported by Ukrainian statistics).

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  • Pavlo R. Blavatskyy, 2021. "Obesity of politicians and corruption in Ukraine in 2000–2020– Reply," Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 29(2), pages 361-365, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:ectrin:v:29:y:2021:i:2:p:361-365
    DOI: 10.1111/ecot.12272
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    1. Lan, Xiaohuan & Li, Wei, 2018. "Swiss watch cycles: Evidence of corruption during leadership transition in China," Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier, vol. 46(4), pages 1234-1252.
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