The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) and trust in politicians

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Fenton Villar, Paul ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8779-4189 (2020) The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) and trust in politicians. Resources Policy, 68. ISSN 0301-4207

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Abstract

This study examines the role of a long-standing international transparency scheme known as the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in helping build trust in politicians. It presents the first known econometric investigation studying the relationship between the EITI and trust and also uses a novel instrument exploiting the variation in neighbouring countries’ EITI participation to control for the endogenous nature of one’s own EITI involvement. The basis of this instrument reflects on a broader literature concerning the historic influence of policy borrowing in the geographical diffusion of public policies. The results show a positive relationship between countries’ EITI membership and trust in politicians. In particular, estimates offer consistent evidence of significantly improved levels of trust among members that are compliant with the EITI’s transparency standards.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: eiti,extractive industries,natural resource management,transparency,trust,sociology and political science,economics and econometrics,management, monitoring, policy and law,law,sdg 16 - peace, justice and strong institutions ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3300/3312
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Global Development (formerly School of International Development)
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Depositing User: LivePure Connector
Date Deposited: 21 May 2020 00:23
Last Modified: 25 Sep 2024 14:41
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/75269
DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2020.101713

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