Abstract
The HRV index represents a new measure of data dissemination. But do we really need another measure of transparency? Other measures of different facets of transparency also exist. If different cross-national measures of transparency were highly enough correlated, then the theoretical distinctions presented in Chapters 2 and 3 would be moot. All indexes would serve as equally strong proxies for the availability of information in a polity. Moreover, it would be nearly impossible to use such indexes in empirical tests to discriminate across precise causal mechanisms. Before proceeding to our original theories about transparency and political stability – and testing them with the HRV index – we must pose a question: How do the various measures of transparency – institutional, media freedom, and data dissemination – correlate with each other?
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