Review of Economic Analysis 15(3-4), pp. 271-283.
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Abstract: Manipulation of pandemic induced casualty data poses serious threat to globe. This study is an empirical attempt to assess possible factors causing such data fudging. In order to investigate strategic data misreporting by countries, we have employed acclaimed Benford’s law on numbers of deaths reported by 129 countries during both waves of pandemic. Finding reveals that alongside factors like degree of democracy, transparency etc., countries with poor digital awareness are subject to greater manipulation of data.
Bibtex:
@article{,
author = {Kumari Youkta and Rajendra Narayan Paramanik and Shreya Nupur},
title = {Does Digital Awareness Reduce Misreporting of Covid-19 Data? An Empirical Investigation},
year = {2023},
journal = {Review of Economic Analysis},
volume = {15},
number = {3--4},
pages = {271-283},
url = {https://openjournals.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/rofea/article/view/5166},
}
Reference Type: Journal Article
Subject Area(s): Accounting, Medical Sciences