Kamei, Kenju; Putterman, Louis G.; Tabero, Katy; Tyran, … - 2024
Corruption is the great disease of government. It undermines the efficiency of the public sector in many countries … around the world. We experimentally study civic engagement (CE) as a constraint on corruption when incentives are stacked … against providing CE. We show that CE is powerful in curbing corruption when citizens can encourage each other to provide CE …