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This paper makes an attempt at testing the external validity of corruption experiments by moving from the lab in a … environments the probability to accept the bribe. Finally, we identify several micro-determinants of corruption (age, religiousness …, ability). Le présent article essaie de tester la validité externe des expériences sur la corruption en quittant le laboratoire …
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This paper reports on a controlled field experiment on corruption designed to address two important issues: the … experimenter's scrutiny and the unobservability of corruption. In the experiment, a grader is offered a bribe along with a demand … ambiguous: it lowers the bribe's acceptance, but it fosters reciprocation. Monitoring and punishment can deter corruption, but …
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Policy makers use several international indices that characterize countries according to the quality of their institutions. However, no effort has been made to study how the honesty of citizens varies across countries. This paper explores the honesty among citizens across sixteen countries with...
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Corruption is widely believed to be detrimental to economic performance. However, little empirical evidence has been … corruption on education both from a quantitative and qualitative point of view. The cross - country regression analysis shows a … strong link between corruption and secondary school enrollment rates, but the relationship between corruption and education …
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associated with them. Given the fact that most previous studies dealing with the costs of corruption put emphasis only on … corruption from public officials, we propose a typology of consequences that allows a comprehensive understanding of the effects …
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In many cultures and industries gifts are given in order to influence the recipient, often at the expense of a third party. Examples include business gifts of firms and lobbyists. In a series of experiments, we show that, even without incentive or informational effects, small gifts strongly...
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corruption scenario instead of in abstract terms bribes are less likely to be offered.  Higher negative externalities are also …
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Monitoring corruption typically relies on top-down interventions aimed at increasing the probability of external … controls and the severity of punishment.  An alternative approach to fighting corruption is to induce bottom-up pressure for … corruption, even when citizens' "voice" leads to formal punishment with a relatively low probability.  In contrast, pure top …
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Why do some people choose corruption over honesty and others not?  Do the social norms and values prevailing in the … undergraduates, we could predict who would act corruptly with reference to the level of corruption in their home country.  Among …
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Using a simple one-shot bribery game, we find evience of a negative externality effect and a framing effect.  When the losses suffered by a third parties due to a bribe being offered and accepted are increased bribes are less likely to be offered and accepted.  And when the game is presented...
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