Canache, DamarysCawvey, MatthewHayes, MatthewMondak, Jeffery J.2020-02-142020-02-142019Canache, Damarys, Cawvey, Matthew, Hayes, Matthew, et al.. "Who Sees Corruption? The Bases of Mass Perceptions of Political Corruption in Latin America." <i>Journal of Politics in Latin America,</i> 11, no. 2 (2019) Sage: 133-160. https://doi.org/10.1177/1866802X19876462.https://hdl.handle.net/1911/108028The capacity of citizens to see political corruption where it exists and to link such perceptions to evaluations of public officials constitutes an important test of political accountability. Although past research has established that perceived corruption influences political judgments, much less is known regarding the critical prefatory matter of who sees corruption. This article develops a multifaceted theoretical framework regarding the possible bases of perceived corruption. Experiential factors – personal experience and vicarious experience with bribery – mark the starting point for our account. We then incorporate psychological dispositions that may colour judgments about corruption and that may strengthen or weaken the links between experiences and perceptions. Expectations derived from this framework are tested in a series of multi-level models, with data from over 30,000 survey respondents from 17 nations and 84 regions in the Americas.engThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).Journal articlecorruptionbriberysubnational effectspersonalityBig Five1866802x19876462https://doi.org/10.1177/1866802X19876462