Obesity of politicians and corruption in post-Soviet countries

被引：6
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作者：
Blavatskyy, Pavlo [1 ]
机构：
[1] Montpellier Business Sch, 2300 Ave Moulins, F-34185 Montpellier 4, France
来源：
ECONOMICS OF TRANSITION AND INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE | 2021年 / 29卷 / 02期
关键词：
body-mass index; computer vision; corruption; government; post-Soviet states; BRIBERY; CYCLES;
D O I：
10.1111/ecot.12259
中图分类号：
F [经济];
学科分类号：
02 ;
摘要：
We collected 299 frontal face images of 2017 cabinet ministers from 15 post-Soviet states (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan). For each image, the minister's body-mass index is estimated using a computer vision algorithm. The median estimated body-mass index of cabinet ministers is highly correlated with conventional measures of corruption (Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index, World Bank worldwide governance indicator Control of Corruption, Index of Public Integrity). This result suggests that physical characteristics of politicians such as their body-mass index can be used as proxy variables for political corruption when the latter are not available, for instance at a very local level.
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页码：343 / 356
页数：14
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