Variable Description: Disclosure Requirements for MPs
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What is the value of the 'Disclosure required' variable if the law requires MPs to provide financial and business interests disclosures?

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  • 0.5
  • 1 (correct)
  • The value depends on the country's public availability of disclosures.

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?

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  • 1 (correct)
  • The value depends on the type of disclosures (financial or business interests).
  • 0.5

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?

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  • 0.5 (correct)
  • The value cannot be determined from the given information.
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What does the 'Values available to congress' index measure?

<p>The ratio of value items in the country's disclosure form to the value items in a universal form. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

If a country does not require public disclosure from MPs, what is the value of the 'Publicly available' variable?

<p>0 (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

If the filled-out forms of MPs' disclosures were not accessible, what is the value of the 'Publicly available' variable?

<p>0 (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the variable 'Government ownership of TV (%)' measure?

<p>Market share of state-owned television stations (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which variable is represented by the 'Logarithm of newspapers and periodicals circulation per thousand inhabitants'?

<p>Government ownership of TV (%) (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the variable related to 'Judicial independence' consist of?

<p>Case Law (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In Table 3, what does the 'Disclosure required' variable represent?

<p>Form content (based on universal form concept) (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is measured by the variable 'Publicly available to congress'?

<p>Values sources publicly available (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

'Form content' in Table 3 refers to what concept?

<p>'Disclosure required' (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the text state about the universal form?

<p>It allows us to account for such restrictions. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the two types of disclosure that MPs need to make?

<p>The values of their assets, liabilities, expenses, income, gifts, and travel, and information needed to identify these. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How does the text define the 'sources' index?

<p>The index of sources equals 1 if items need to be identified precisely and 0 otherwise. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the text state about the 'values' index?

<p>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. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the text state about the indices of values and sources?

<p>They are measured separately for what is available to Congress and to the public. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the text state about 'conflicts of interest'?

<p>They have no values. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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