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Competition in Bureaucracy and Corruption

Drugov, Mikhail - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2007

intermediaries, staff rotation, punishments and endogenous entry to the bureaucracy are provided. …

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Instant Exit from the Asymmetric War of Attrition

Myatt, David P. - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2005

In an asymmetric war of attrition the players` prize valuations are drawn from different distributions. A stochastic strength ordering, based upon relative hazard rates, is used to rank these distributions. The stochastically stronger player is perceived to be strong ex ante, even though her...

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The Economic Causes and Consequences of Social Instability in China

Knight, John - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2012

Social instability is a concept that economists rarely analyse, and yet it can lurk behind much economic policy-making. Chinaâ€™s leadership has often publicly expressed its concerns to avoid â€˜social instabilityâ€™. It is viewed as a threat both to the political order and to...

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Culture and Corruption

Barr, Abigail; Serra, Danila - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2006

reference to the level of corruption prevailing in their home countries. And, by comparing behaviour across treatments, we can … to society. We conclude that corruption is, in part, a cultural phenomenon. …

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The effects of externalities and framing on bribery in a petty corruption experiment

Barr, Abigail; Serra, Danila - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2008

corruption scenario instead of in abstract terms bribes are less likely to be offered. Higher negative externalities are also …

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Combining Top-down and Bottom-up Accountability: Evidence from a Bribery Experiment

Serra, Danila - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2008

Monitoring corruption typically relies on top-down interventions aimed at increasing the probability of external … controls and the severity of punishment. An alternative approach to fighting corruption is to induce bottom-up pressure for … corruption, even when citizens' "voice" leads to formal punishment with a relatively low probability. In contrast, pure top …

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In-group favouritism and out-group discimination in naturally occurring groups

Harris, Donna; Abbink, Klaus - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2012

against supporters of the rival party. Despite a strong anti-corruption stance of the yellow-shirt movement members of both …

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Does Social Judgement Diminish Rule Breaking?

Salmon, Timothy C.; Serra, Danila - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2013

We experimentally investigate the extent to which social obervability of one's actions and the possibility of social non-monetary judgment affect the decision to engage in rule breaking behavior. We consider three rule bfeaking scenarios - theft, bribery and embezzlement - in the absence of...

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Media Freedom and Democracy: Complements or Substitutes in the Fight against Corruption?

Bhattacharyya, Sambit; Hodler, Roland - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2012

Democracy and media freedom have been suggested as useful tools in the fight against political corruption, but so far … corruption-reducing effect of democracy becomes stronger as media freedom increases. Using panel data covering the period 1980 … democracy and media freedom in the fight against corruption is also supported by Indian state level data. …

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Corruption and culture: An Experimental Analysis

Barr, Abigail; Serra, Danila - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2008

Why do some people choose corruption over honesty and others not? Do the social norms and values prevailing in the … undergraduates, we could predict who would act corruptly with reference to the level of corruption in their home country. Among …

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