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Authoritarian regimes' propensity to manipulate Covid-19 data: a statistical analysis using Benford'...

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Authoritarian regimes' propensity to manipulate Covid-19 data: a statistical analysis using Benford's Law

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Authoritarian regimes' propensity to manipulate Covid-19 data: a statistical analysis using Benford's Law

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Abingdon: Routledge

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Commonwealth & comparative politics, 2021-07, Vol.59 (3), p.319-333

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English

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Abingdon: Routledge

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There have been numerous claims that some countries do not reveal their reported cases of COVID-19 truthfully. Some studies suggest that autocratic countries tend to manipulate their reported figures. To test these claims, the article uses Benford's law (BL) to detect anomalies in the reported numbers of COVID-19. Many studies have used BL to test...

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Authoritarian regimes' propensity to manipulate Covid-19 data: a statistical analysis using Benford's Law

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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2564784686

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2564784686

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1466-2043

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1743-9094

DOI

10.1080/14662043.2021.1916207

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