The departure point of this paper is the conjecture that the search for big picture of corruption in the real world calls for new research and policy tools that draw on psychologically more realistic accounts of individual judgment and decision-making. In light with a growing literature that...

This paper holds that the standard economic accounts of corruption based on expected costs and benefits are insufficient to understand and to tackle dishonesty in the real world. It embarks on a survey of the literature to discuss the major roles automatic judgments and decisions, as well as...