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  • The dynamical structure of political corruption networks [Elektronski vir]
    Ribeiro, Haroldo V. ...
    Corruptive behaviour in politics limits economic growth, embezzles public funds and promotes socioeconomic inequality in modern democracies. We analyse well-documented political corruption scandals ... in Brazil over the past 27 years, focusing on the dynamical structure of networks where two individuals are connected if they were involved in the same scandal. Our research reveals that corruption runs in small groups that rarely comprise more than eight people, in networks that have hubs and a modular structure that encompasses more than one corruption scandal. We observe abrupt changes in the size of the largest connected component and in the degree distribution, which are due to the coalescence of different modules when newscandals come to light or when governments change.We showfurther that the dynamical structure of political corruption networks can be used for successfully predicting partners in future scandals. We discuss the important role of network science in detecting and mitigating political corruption.
    Vir: Journal of complex networks [Elektronski vir]. - ISSN 2051-1329 (Vol. 6, iss. 6, 2018, str. 989-1003)
    Vrsta gradiva - e-članek
    Leto - 2018
    Jezik - angleški
    COBISS.SI-ID - 24363272
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