This paper investigates the role of guilt aversion for corruption in public administration. Corruption is modeled as … the outcome of a game played between a bureaucrat, a lobby, and the public. There is a moral cost of corruption for the …, corruption is more likely when the horizon of the game is relatively long and when public beliefs are initially low and are …

This paper investigates the role of guilt aversion for corruption in public administration. Corruption is modeled as … the outcome of a game played between a bureaucrat, a lobby, and the public. There is a moral cost of corruption for the …, corruption is more likely when the horizon of the game is relatively long and when public beliefs are initially low and are …

The paper explores a game-theoreticmodel of petty corruption involving a sequence of entrepreneurs and a track of … assumptions on the structure of the game. -- corruption ; repeated games ; hold up ; extortion ; capture …

The paper explores a game-theoreticmodel of petty corruption involving a sequence of entrepreneurs and a track of …

updated fast. -- psychological games ; corruption ; bureaucracy ; guilt ; third party …This paper investigates the role of guilt aversion for corruption in public administration. Corruption is modeled as … the outcome of a game played between a bureaucrat, a lobby, and the public. There is a moral cost of corruption for the …

for private gain. We study the relationship between discretion and corruption in Italian government procurement auctions …, using a confidential database of firms and procurement officials investigated for corruption by Italian enforcement …, discretionary procedure auctions are associated with corruption only when conducted with fewer than the formally required number of …

community and formal enforcement, while corruption undermines it. We discuss how community can play an important role in a …

for private gain. We study the relationship between discretion and corruption in Italian government procurement auctions …, using a confidential database of firms and procurement officials investigated for corruption by Italian enforcement … associated with corruption only when conducted with fewer than the formally required number of bidders or employing discretionary …

This paper develops a game theoretic model of corruption in tax assessments. Bureaucrats are assumed to be … heterogeneous in the level of corruption and the favors they offer to the public. Our first result establishes the optimal amount of …

The role of whistle-blowing as a mechanism for deterring corruption has been conspicuously neglected in the economic … literature. This is quite surprising given the increase in legislation aimed at preventing corruption that includes whistle … deals squarely with the analysis of the role and potential impact of whistleblowing on the persistence of corruption in …