Gaduh, Arya; Hanna, Rema; Olken, Benjamin A. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
disutility from corruption,' i.e., the trade-between more generous social assistance and losses due to corruption and fraud …. Merely mentioning corruption reduced perceived program success, equivalent to distributing more than 20 percent less aid …. However, respondents were not sensitive to the amount of corruption--respondents were willing to trade off $2 of additional …