We investigate corruption as a social dilemma by means of a bribery game in which a risk of collective sanction of the … over time. Reducing the size of the groups while increasing the probability of collective sanction diminishes the officials …

a process that is independent from the severity of the sanction. We test this presumption experimentally, using a taking … by a severe sanction, while others are sanctioned only mildly, which causes the detection experience to differ across … subjects. Our analysis reveals that the sanction severity influences how individuals update their beliefs about the detection …