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Bribery: Who Pays, Who Refuses, What Are The Payoffs?
Hunt, Jennifer; Laszlo, Sonia - 2005
We provide a theoretical framework for understanding when an official angles for a bribe, when a client pays, and the payoffs to the client’s decision. We test this frame work using a new data set on bribery of Peruvian public officials by households. The theory predicts that bribery is more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009476834
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Bribery: Who Pays, Who Refuses, What Are The Payoffs?
Hunt, Jennifer; Laszlo, Sonia - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2005
We provide a theoretical framework for understanding when an official angles for a bribe, when a client pays, and the payoffs to the client’s decision. We test this frame work using a new data set on bribery of Peruvian public officials by households. The theory predicts that bribery is more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005784704
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Bribery: Who Pays, Who Refuses, What are the Payoffs?
Hunt, Jennifer; Laszlo, Sonia - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
We provide a theoretical framework for understanding when an official angles for a bribe, when a client pays, and the payoffs to the client's decision. We test this framework using a new data set on bribery of Peruvian public officials by households. The theory predicts that bribery is more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005114227
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Why Are Some Public Officials More Corrupt Than Others?
Hunt, Jennifer - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2005
reduce corruption. Overall, the judiciary and the police are by far the most corrupt institutions. … distinguish between the bribery rate and the size of bribes received, and seek to explain the variation in each across public … institutions. The characteristics of officials’ clients explain most of the variation for bribery rates, but none for bribe amounts …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005677513
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HOW CORRUPTION HITS PEOPLE WHEN THEY ARE DOWN
Hunt, Jennifer - Department of Economics, McGill University - 2006
are desperate, vulnerable, or demanding services particularly prone to corruption. The effect is strongest for bribery of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005503838
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Teen Births Keep American Crime High
Hunt, Jennifer - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
The United States has a teenage birth rate that is high relative to that of other developed countries, and falling more slowly. Children of teenagers may experience difficult childhoods and hence be more likely to commit crimes subsequently. I assess to what extent lagged teen birth rates can...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822768
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Teen Births Keep American Crime High
Hunt, Jennifer - 2003
The United States has a teenage birth rate that is high relative to that of other developed countries, and falling more slowly. Children of teenagers may experience difficult childhoods and hence be more likely to commit crimes subsequently. I assess to what extent lagged teen birth rates can...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262716
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Teen Births Keep American Crime High
Hunt, Jennifer - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003
The United States has a teenage birth rate that is high relative to that of other developed countries, and falling more slowly. Children of teenagers may experience difficult childhoods and hence be more likely to commit crimes subsequently. I assess to what extent lagged teen birth rates can...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005792434
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How Corruption Hits People When They Are Down
Hunt, Jennifer - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2006
are desperate, vulnerable, or demanding services particularly prone to corruption. The effect is strongest for bribery of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005088891
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Teen Births Keep American Crime High
Hunt, Jennifer - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2003
The United States has a teenage birth rate that is high relative to that of other developed countries, and falling more slowly. Children of teenagers may experience difficult childhoods and hence be more likely to commit crimes subsequently. I assess to what extent lagged teen birth rates can...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005025650