18 Questions
What is the value of the 'Disclosure required' variable if the law requires MPs to provide financial and business interests disclosures?
1
If a country has voluntary disclosures available to the public and the filled-out forms were accessed, what is the value of the 'Publicly available' variable?
1
If a country has different standards for public availability of financial and business interest disclosure forms, and only one type was available, what is the value of the 'Publicly available' variable?
0.5
What does the 'Values available to congress' index measure?
The ratio of value items in the country's disclosure form to the value items in a universal form.
If a country does not require public disclosure from MPs, what is the value of the 'Publicly available' variable?
0
If the filled-out forms of MPs' disclosures were not accessible, what is the value of the 'Publicly available' variable?
0
What does the variable 'Government ownership of TV (%)' measure?
Market share of state-owned television stations
Which variable is represented by the 'Logarithm of newspapers and periodicals circulation per thousand inhabitants'?
Government ownership of TV (%)
What does the variable related to 'Judicial independence' consist of?
Case Law
In Table 3, what does the 'Disclosure required' variable represent?
Form content (based on universal form concept)
What is measured by the variable 'Publicly available to congress'?
Values sources publicly available
'Form content' in Table 3 refers to what concept?
'Disclosure required'
What does the text state about the universal form?
It allows us to account for such restrictions.
What are the two types of disclosure that MPs need to make?
The values of their assets, liabilities, expenses, income, gifts, and travel, and information needed to identify these.
How does the text define the 'sources' index?
The index of sources equals 1 if items need to be identified precisely and 0 otherwise.
What does the text state about the 'values' index?
The index of values equals 0 if no disclosure is required, 0.5 if only aggregate values need to be disclosed, and 1 if itemized values need to be disclosed.
What does the text state about the indices of values and sources?
They are measured separately for what is available to Congress and to the public.
What does the text state about 'conflicts of interest'?
They have no values.
Learn about the variables related to disclosure requirements and public availability of disclosures for Members of Parliament (MPs). Understand the criteria for when MPs are required to provide financial and business interests disclosures, as well as if and how the disclosed information is made publicly available.
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