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What is the most corrupt state?
In a recent study Louisiana only comes in third, Mississippi takes top honors, followed by North Dakota. The District of Columbia has a disproportionate share of convictions, but it does not count as a state. Nebraska is measured as the least corrupt state, Oregon, New Hampshire, and Iowa are also near the bottom. Here is the story, here is the source account and study.
A Baton Rouge headline reads "La. not No.1 in Corruption." Former governor Edwin Edwards received ten years in prison for corruption-related charges, one case of many in Louisiana history. The last three insurance commissioners have gone to jail for corruption.
Posted by Tyler Cowen on January 19, 2004 at 08:43 AM in Data Source, Political Science | Permalink
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