In this paper we present the results from a "corruption game" (a dictator game modified so that the second player can …

arise when monitoring corruption is difficult relative to monitoring the provision of public services, and politically …-important groups of citizens do not bear the full cost of corruption. The existence of such systems can distort the effective incidence … of the tax burden, reduce the incentives of government to fight corruption, and legitimize bribe-taking …

We present a theory of ethnic conflict in which coalitions formed along ethnic lines compete for the economy …

propagated abroad. In previous work, we built on the theory of rational bubbles to develop a framework to think about the origins …

Although the theoretical literature on corruption is well developed, empirical work in this area has lagged because it … has proven difficult to isolate corrupt behavior in the data. In this paper, we look for evidence of corruption in an … stables play a role in facilitating the corruption. In times of increased media scrutiny, the match rigging disappears …

This paper offers a new interpretation of the connection between openness and good governance. Assuming that corruption … display lower corruption in equilibrium. In data, naturally more open economies' do exhibit less corruption even after taking …