Making or breaking the cycle of corruption: Exploring the impact of transitional justice on corruption in postconflict countries

Figures & data

Table 1. Descriptive statistics.

Variable	Obs	Mean	Std. Dev.	Min	Max
Conflict ID	348	114.454	66.313	1	251
COW code	348	557.966	218.87	2	910
Political corruption index (PCI)	347	.632	.235	.04	.964
Conflict PCI	341	.616	.241	.033	.968
Regime corruption index (RCI)	347	.619	.256	.019	.967
Conflict RCI	341	.609	.268	.019	.977
TJ_dummy	317	.527	.5	0	1
Conflict duration	348	4.014	7.165	0	44
Battle-related deaths	317	17919.473	82648.411	25	1200000
Battle-related deaths (log)	317	6.582	2.607	3.219	13.998
Termination_victory	317	.334	.473	0	1
Democracy	340	.332	.472	0	1

Table 2. Relationship between TJ and PCI.

	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
	PCI	PCI	PCI	PCI
TJ_dummy	.0242	.0286	.0116	.0206
	(.0493)	(.0444)	(.0147)	(.0177)
Duration		.00418		.00281
		(.00346)		(.00164)
Termination_victory		.0362		.00444
		(.0416)		(.0168)
Battle-related deaths (log)		−.0112		−.00854
		(.00983)		(.00570)
Democracy			−.123*	−.141***
			(.0497)	(.0400)
Conflict PCI			.786***	.775***
			(.0368)	(.0350)
Constant	.619***	.663***	.183***	.235***
	(.0501)	(.0806)	(.0418)	(.0390)
N	316	316	307	307
R^2	.003	.019	.725	.731

Notes. Standard errors in parentheses. *p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001. Bold values denote statistical significance.

Table 3. Relationship between TJ and RCI.

	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
	RCI	RCI	RCI	RCI
TJ_dummy	.0272	.0275	.00732	.0138
	(.0592)	(.0506)	(.0181)	(.0199)
Duration		.00409		.00260
		(.00400)		(.00173)
Termination_ victory		.0509		.0120
		(.0455)		(.0195)
Battle-related deaths (log)		−.0110		−.00814
		(.0109)		(.00626)
Democracy			−.162**	−.177***
			(.0602)	(.0484)
Conflict RCI			.738***	.728***
			(.0424)	(.0390)
Constant	.608***	.648***	.220***	.266***
	(.0614)	(.0970)	(.0486)	(.0424)
N	316	316	307	307
R^2	.003	.020	.705	.710

Notes. Standard errors in parentheses. *p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001. Bold values denote statistical significance.

Table 4. Relationship between individual TJ mechanisms and PCI (with control variables).

	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)
	PCI	PCI	PCI	PCI	PCI	PCI
TJ_dummy	.0206
	(.0177)
Duration	.00281	.00225	.00249	.00248	0.00251	0.00271
	(.00164)	(.00135)	(.00151)	(.00149)	(0.00149)	(0.00153)
Termination_victory	.00444	.0157	.00928	.00973	0.0112	0.00760
	(.0168)	(.0142)	(.0171)	(.0154)	(0.0152)	(0.0159)
Battle-deaths(log)	−.00854	−.00659	−.00736	−.00689	−0.00762	−0.00865
	(.00570)	(.00476)	(.00516)	(.00529)	(0.00534)	(0.00553)
Democracy	−.141***	−.134**	−.137***	−.130**	−0.138**	−0.144***
	(.0400)	(.0417)	(.0400)	(.0421)	(0.0414)	(0.0393)
Conflict PCI	.775***	.782***	.778***	.785***	0.777***	0.774***
	(.0350)	(.0362)	(.0352)	(.0369)	(0.0359)	(0.0347)
Purge		−.0551
		(.0465)
Trial			.00447
			(.0205)
Truth commission				−.0413
				(.0288)
Reparation					.0124
					(.0267)
Amnesty						.0301
						(.0178)
Constant	.235***	.227***	.233***	.226***	.235***	.238***
	(.0390)	(.0375)	(.0385)	(.0402)	(.0397)	(.0392)
N	307	307	307	307	307	307
R^2	.731	.732	.730	.730	.730	.733

Notes. Standard errors in parentheses. *p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001. Bold values denote statistical significance.