We investigate corruption as a social dilemma by means of a bribery game in which a risk of collective sanction of the …' corruptibility but is not sufficient to eliminate the Tragedy of corruption that leads both firms and officials to earn less than in … the absence of corruption. …

This paper develops and tests two efficiency wage models of corruption in the civil service. Under fair wage models …, civil service wages are an important determinant of corruption. Under shirking models, the level of wages is of secondary … importance, as potential bribes dwarf wage income. The empirical evidence points to a negative relationship between corruption …

This paper develops and tests two efficiency wage models of corruption in the civil service. Under fair wage models …, civil service wages are an important determinant of corruption. Under shirking models, the level of wages is of secondary … importance, as potential bribes dwarf wage income. The empirical evidence points to a negative relationship between corruption …

, religion, wealth, rule of law, governance and accounting on corruption. Using a panel of 75 countries, I find evidence that … countries with Civil German law have better control of corruption and better governance, than countries with Civil French and … Common Law legal traditions. I also find that the relationship of individualism and corruption is mediated by the positive …

Does the disclosure of information about corrupt activities induce a sustained reduction in corruption? We use … longitudinal data on audits of municipal governments in Puerto Rico to answer this question. We find that corruption is lower in … municipalities audited before an election. However, these municipalities do not exhibit decreased levels of corruption in subsequent …

We investigate corruption as a social dilemma by means of a bribery game in which a risk of collective failure is …' corruptibility but is not sufficient to eliminate the tragedy of corruption altogether …

We investigate corruption as a social dilemma by means of a bribery game in which a risk of collective sanction of the …' corruptibility but is not sufficient to eliminate the Tragedy of corruption that leads both firms and officials to earn less than in … the absence of corruption …

We investigate corruption as a social dilemma by means of a bribery game in which a risk of collective sanction of the …' corruptibility but is not sufficient to eliminate the Tragedy of corruption that leads both firms and officials to earn less than in … the absence of corruption …

We present controlled experimental evidence on how corruption affects the private provision of public goods. Subjects … subjects. We compare average contributions between two conditions with the same efficiency: a corruption condition, where an … administrator can expropriate part of contributions, and a control condition without corruption. Compared to the control condition …