The success of a country's anti-corruption policies can crucially depend on the citizens' beliefs about the existing … formulation; Merely introducing an anti-corruption law is not sufficient in aiding the country towards the desired equilibrium …

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 …

likely to be convicted in corruption cases and if convicted, they face less severe punishment. The inefficiency of the French …This paper investigates the association between corruption and political power, using individual level data on … political corruption cases tried in France during the period 1980-2006. We test the hypothesis that corruption conviction and …

Do crackdowns on bribery exacerbate corruption in the long run? In this paper, we observe the long-run impact of a … short-term punishment institution (i.e. a crackdown) on bribery. We conduct lab experiments in two countries with cultures … that differ in corruption norms, and have very different levels of bribery: US and Pakistan. Bribery is implemented in the …

hypothetical mayor, we find that citizens appear willing to punish a mayor who is involved in corruption, but that punishment of … the politician has engaged in corruption. But do voters punish an elected executive for corrupt acts carried out under his … or her watch, even if the executive is not personally implicated in corruption? To answer this question, we present the …