Boly, Amadou; Gillanders, Robert; Miettinen, Topi - 2016
In our framed laboratory experiment, two Public Officials, A and B, make consecutive decisions regarding embezzlement … with deterrence and one without. We find a peer effect in embezzlement in that facing an honest Official A reduces … embezzlement by Official B. Likewise, deterrence matters in that higher detection probabilities significantly decrease embezzlement …