Highlights• The study focuses on corruption and accountability in public procurement.Fig. 1 Survey question: How widespread do you think the problem of corruption is in your country? (%).Display full size Fig. 2 Survey question: How widespread do you think corruption in public procurement managed by national authorities is in your country (%)?Display full sizeFig. 3 The role of the state in modern democracy.Display full size• We provide a case analysis about an episode of corruption in Italy.• The analysis shows the limitations of the legalistic and neoliberal approaches to corruption.• Traditional political accountability is not enough for democratic empowerment.• The virtue of autonomy of public servant plays a pivotal role in the fight against corruption.
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Grossi et al. (2016) studied this question.