National Morality and Government Openness: The Panacea to Government Effectiveness
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This paper proposes that more openness in government and higher levels of national morality are both favorable forces for attaining greater government effectiveness. Regression analysis is a powerful statistical tool for estimating and examining relationships between variables. The paper tests these notions using cross-country regression analysis on one hundred different countries. The results of the empirical work provide support for  the contention that government performance is directly related to government openness and to national morality. Based on the findings, the paper recommends cultivating morality and openness to enhance government performance.Â
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