@article{9de1d5e6de4041a8b2a3b3838b0ca022,
title = "Spread of corruption in Indonesia after decentralisation: a spatiotemporal analysis",
abstract = "The end of the Suharto era in 1998 brought two prominent reforms to Indonesia: (i) a raft of anti-corruption policies and (ii) decentralisation of administrative and fiscal functions. District-level reported corruption swelled in following years and the role of decentralisation came under scrutiny, but data limitations prevented direct examination of a contributing role. This paper combines perceived and reported (observed) regional measures of corruption to examine spatiotemporal corruption patterns across Indonesian districts post-decentralisation. That period saw both improvements in perceptions measures and increases in the reported number of convicted perpetrators and in the reported value of financial loss. Cross-sectional comparisons show corruption perceptions (i) were milder in districts with less reported incidents of corruption, and (ii) responded positively to efforts by the judiciary and law enforcement agencies to curb corruption. These findings suggest that increased capability and resources allocated to combatting corruption play a large role in determining corruption perceptions.",
keywords = "Corruption patterns, decentralisation, spatiotemporal analysis",
author = "Yunan, {Zuhairan Yunmi} and Ben Freyens and Yogi Vidyattama and Itismita Mohanty",
note = "Funding Information: The authors would like to thank the Ministry of Religious Affair (MORA), Republic of Indonesia and The Indonesia Endowment Funds for Education (LPDP) for funding that supported the conduct of this study. We would also like to thank the Economics Laboratory, Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM), for giving us access to judicially-reported corruption data from the Supreme Court of the Republic of Indonesia. The views and interpretations presented here are the authors{\textquoteright} own and should not be assumed to represent those of their respective institutions nor those of the institutions that funded or helped facilitate our research. Funding Information: The authors would like to thank the Ministry of Religious Affair (MORA), Republic of Indonesia and The Indonesia Endowment Funds for Education (LPDP) for funding that supported the conduct of this study. We would also like to thank the Economics Laboratory, Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM), for giving us access to judicially-reported corruption data from the Supreme Court of the Republic of Indonesia. The views and interpretations presented here are the authors{\textquoteright} own and should not be assumed to represent those of their respective institutions nor those of the institutions that funded or helped facilitate our research. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2023 Oxford Department of International Development.",
year = "2023",
doi = "10.1080/13600818.2022.2162493",
language = "English",
volume = "51",
pages = "198--215",
journal = "Oxford Development Studies",
issn = "1360-0818",
publisher = "Taylor & Francis",
number = "2",
}