Response to ‘What do the Worldwide Governance Indicators Measure?’
Volume: 22, Issue: 1, Pages: 55 - 58
Published: Feb 1, 2010
Abstract
Thomas (2009) dismisses the Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) as an ‘elaborate and unsupported hypothesis’ because of the failure to demonstrate the ‘construct validity’ of these indicators. We argue that ‘construct validity’ is not a useful tool to assess the merits of the WGI, and even if it were, Thomas provides no evidence of any practical consequences of failure to meet the criteria of construct...
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Title
Response to ‘What do the Worldwide Governance Indicators Measure?’
Published Date
Feb 1, 2010
Volume
22
Issue
1
Pages
55 - 58
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