Punishment typically involves depriving violators of resources they own such as money or labor. These resources can … become revenue for authorities and thus motivate profit-seeking punishment. In this paper, we design a novel experiment to … provide direct evidence on the role punishment plays in communicating norms. Importantly, this allows us to provide …

short-term punishment institution (i.e., a crackdown) on bribery behavior in a lab setting. We conduct lab experiments in … two countries with cultures that differ in corruption norms, and which experience very different levels of bribery: the US … that short-term crackdowns may impact behavior in the short run, depending on the strength of the existing corruption norms …

corruption is as an example of moral hazard, which then leads to a focus on better monitoring and stricter penalties with the …In this paper, a new framework for analyzing corruption in public bureaucracies is provided. The standard way to model … eradication of corruption as the final goal. An alternative approach is proposed which emphasizes why corruption arises in the …

Whistle-blowing is seen as a powerful tool in containing corruption, although theoretical findings and experimental … evidence cast doubt on its effectiveness. We expand a standard corruption model by allowing both, briber and official to … initiate corruption actively, in order to assess the full effect of whistle-blowing. In our laboratory experiment we find that …

the use of loaded language significantly reduces the incidence of bribery and increases the level of punishment …. Punishment of bribery leads to reduced bribery in future. The evidence suggests that this game captures essential features of a … history of past play has little effect on the level of corruption. …

attitudes towards corruption. It departs from the previous literature on gender and corruption by using experimental methodology …. Attitudes towards corruption play a critical role in the persistence of corruption. Based on experimental data collected in … of corruption than men in Australia, there are no significant gender differences in attitudes towards corruption in India …

This paper examines cultural differences in attitudes towards corruption by analysing individual-decision making in a … corrupt experimental environment. Attitudes towards corruption play a critical role in the persistence of corruption. Our … allow us to explore whether, in environments characterized by lower levels of corruption, there is both a lower propensity …

Whistle-blowing is seen as a powerful tool in containing corruption, although theoretical findings and experimental … evidence cast doubt on its effectiveness. We expand a standard corruption model by allowing both, briber and official to … initiate corruption actively, in order to assess the full effect of whistle-blowing. In our laboratory experiment we find that …