In this reply, we comment on Goel and Saunoris’ (GS) replication of Jetter and Parmeter (World Development, 2018, JP). We note that GS’ analysis is useful in extending the scope of studying corruption across countries. Our comment centers on two points: (i) the underlying databases used to measure corruption across countries and (ii) the countries that are omitted when studying alternative samples across these databases. It is likely that the qualitative differences that GS find are intimately connected with these discrepancies. Nevertheless, the combination of both (JP and GS) sets of results extends the understanding of what potentially contributes to corruption across countries.

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回复“对“全球腐败决定因素排序：制度和教育问题——而非文化”的复制（世界发展，2018 年）”

在此回复中，我们评论了 Goel 和 Saunoris (GS) 对 Jetter 和 Parmeter 的复制（World Development，2018，JP）。我们注意到，GS 的分析有助于扩大各国腐败研究的范围。我们的评论集中在两点上：(i) 用于衡量各国腐败的基础数据库，以及 (ii) 在研究这些数据库中的替代样本时被遗漏的国家。GS 发现的质量差异很可能与这些差异密切相关。然而，这两组（JP 和 GS）结果的结合扩展了对可能导致各国腐败的因素的理解。