leniency given to those who report their infraction (deterrence regime). Another local optimum is achieved if the government …

with deterrence and one without. We find a peer effect in embezzlement in that facing an honest Official A reduces … embezzlement by Official B. Likewise, deterrence matters in that higher detection probabilities significantly decrease embezzlement … Official A at almost all individual detection levels. This 'legitimacy' effect may help explain why anti-corruption policies …

In this study we explore in detail the causes of corruption in China using two different sets of data at the regional … level (provinces and cities). We observe that regions with more anti-corruption efforts, histories of British rule, higher … heterogeneity, regulation, abundance of resource and state-owned enterprises substantially breed regional corruption. Moreover …

In this study we explore in detail the causes of corruption in China using two different sets of data at the regional … level (provinces and cities). We observe that regions with more anti-corruption efforts, histories of British rule, higher … heterogeneity, regulation, abundance of resource and state-owned enterprises substantially breed regional corruption. Moreover …

and engage in local corruption to avoid punishment. When law enforcers are sufficiently well-paid, difficult to bribe and … corruption detection highly probable, we show that increasing policing or sanctions effectively deters crime. However, when … generate higher crime rates. In particular, the relationship between the traditional instruments of deterrence, namely …

financing increases with freedom from corruption, rule of law, quality of regulations, and decreases with court disputes. We …

For our experiment on corruption, we designed a coordination game to model the influence of risk attitudes, beliefs … reduces corruption. …

This paper analyzes the existing relationship between economic growth and the monitoring of corruption and examines the … possible outcome of the implementation of a State reform in order to weed out corruption. Growth is always higher when … monitoring is high and therefore corruption eradicated. But growth declines when monitoring against corruption is not too high …