This paper studies the relationship between government ideology and the level of perceived corruption, using a panel data of OECD countries covering the years 1996–2015, and the effect that the Great Recession has exerted on that relationship. We find that, before the onset of the Great Recession, governments formed by one (or more) right-wing parties are perceived as being around 1% more corrupt than those formed by one (or more) left-wing parties. We also find that misuse of public funds under coalitional governments is more likely to be perceived, that the longer the party of the current chief executive has been in office, the higher is the level of perceived corruption, and that minority governments and parties with a greater weight in the legislative chamber are also perceived as being more corrupt. However, the Great Recession has altered these relationships, increasing perceived corruption as the elections come closer, and softening or changing the impact of other political variables on perceived corruption.

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政府意识形态对腐败的影响：大衰退的影响

本文使用涵盖 1996 年至 2015 年的 OECD 国家面板数据，研究了政府意识形态与腐败程度之间的关系，以及大衰退对这种关系的影响。我们发现，在大萧条开始之前，由一个（或多个）右翼政党组成的政府被认为比一个（或多个）左翼政党组成的政府腐败程度高约 1%。我们还发现，联合政府滥用公共资金的可能性更大，现任行政长官所在政党任职时间越长，腐败程度越高，少数政府和政党立法机构中的更大权重也被认为更腐败。然而，