In an environment with extensive corruption where much of the population evades paying their full taxes due, we tackle … likelihood when others are thought to be evading. Thus, our modelling incorporates elements from the theory of information …

We estimate the causal effect of the electoral system on corruption by leveraging a specificity of the French electoral … system. Exploiting that discontinuity in a regression discontinuity design and using survey and actual corruption data, we … find that the proportional list system results in higher levels of perceived and actual corruption than the individual …