Dufwenberg, Martin; Spagnolo, Giancarlo - Istituto Einaudi per l'Economia e la Finanza (EIEF) - 2011
Harassment bribes - payments people give in order not to be denied what they are legally entitled to - are common in for example India. Kaushik Basu recently made a radical proposal to reduce its occurrence: Legalize the act of giving the bribe and double the fine for accepting the bribe! We...