Previous studies have proposed a link between corruption and wages in the public sector. The present paper investigates … this link using a laboratory experiment. In the experiment, public officials have the opportunity to accept a bribe and can … externality on a charity. The results show that increasing public officials' wages greatly reduces their corruptibility. In …

We analyse policy makers' incentives to fight corruption under different institutional qualities. We find that 'public … officials', even when non-corrupt, significantly distort anti-corruption institutions by choosing a lower detection probability … legal equality can be considered worse in reducing corruption. Finally, corruption is significantly lower when the detection …

. In a novel experiment, we investigate the drivers of bribery. Two participants compete for a prize; a referee picks the …-laboratory experiment in an Indian market confirms these results. Hence, our participants are influenced by bribes out of greed, and not …

corruption generated by recent laboratory and field experiments conducted by economists and political scientists. The first part … corruption decision making, as well as the effectiveness of different anticorruption policies. It concludes with an assessment of … the external validity of corruption investigations relying on laboratory experiments. The second part of the volume …

Experimental studies have shown that deterrence (monitoring and punishment) can be an effective anti-corruption policy …