Mapping of clusters about the relationship between e-government and corruption in Mexico

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this study is to analyze the impact of the e-goverment on corruption in Mexico. Mexico, although it has fought corruption from different angles, continues to be among the most corrupt countries in the world. One possible tool to reduce corruption, or at least so-called bureaucratic corruption, is e-government. There are studies that confirm an inverse relationship between e-government and corruption; as e-government increases, corruption decreases. The purpose of this research is to analyze the impact of the development of e-government (electronic portals) on corruption.

Design/methodology/approach

To achieve the stated objective, the authors have used econometrics (clusters) as the main methodology to obtain a possible confirmation of such inverse relationship between e-government and corruption in the 32 states that make up the country, for the period 2015–2019.

Findings

In the states that make up the Republic of Mexico, as the development of e-government increases, the corruption variable does not decrease. There is no significant relationship between these two variables.

Originality/value

The relationship between the variables e-government and corruption has been extensively studied in previous articles. However, in Latin America, studies on the impact of e-government on corruption are scarce, and at the Mexican national level are almost nonexistent.

Citation

Cárdenas Cárdenas, G. and Vergara González, R. (2023), "Mapping of clusters about the relationship between e-government and corruption in Mexico", Competitiveness Review, Vol. 33 No. 2, pp. 441-457. https://doi.org/10.1108/CR-05-2022-0064