According to an analysis of the 2012 Summer Olympics, nations within the top 15% to 20% in controlling corruption achieved lower shares of medals, says Todd Potts of Indiana University of Pennsylvania. A possible explanation, he says, is that nations such as Sweden and the UK, with high control of corruption (corruption, in this context, meaning the exercise of public power for private gain, as well as “capture” of the state by elites and private... More »

According to an analysis of the 2012 Summer Olympics, nations within the top 15% to 20% in controlling corruption achieved lower shares of medals, says Todd Potts of Indiana University of Pennsylvania. A possible explanation, he says, is that nations such as Sweden and the UK, with high control of corruption (corruption, in this context, meaning the exercise of public power for private gain, as well as “capture” of the state by elites and private... More »

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According to an analysis of the 2012 Summer Olympics, nations within the top 15% to 20% in controlling corruption achieved lower shares of medals, says Todd Potts of Indiana University of Pennsylvania. A possible explanation, he says, is that nations such as Sweden and the UK, with high control of corruption (corruption, in this context, meaning the exercise of public power for private gain, as well as “capture” of the state by elites and private... More »