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We ran an experiment with children to study the development of honesty with age. We asked each child to toss a fair …
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also pay less than the price or not pay at all. We conduct an experiment to study honesty in this market. The results show … that appealing to honesty increases payments, whereas reminding the customers of the legal norm has no effect. Furthermore …, appealing to honesty does not affect the behavior of the dishonest. These findings suggest that some people have internalized an …
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with other-regarding preferences and provides a basis for analyzing honesty and corruption. …
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We study experimentally whether anti-corruption policies with a focus on bribery might be insufficient to uncover more … between a decision-maker and a lobbying party serves as a legal substitute for corruption. Due to the obvious lack of field …
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We study experimentally whether anti-corruption policies with a focus on bribery might be insufficient to uncover more … between a decision-maker and a lobbying party serves as a legal substitute for corruption. Due to the obvious lack of field …
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Customs-related corruption costs World Customs Organisation (WCO) members at least $2 billion in customs revenue each … only help reduce corruption and improve efficiency - in a large number of customs agencies -- if the customs agency …'s director undertakes a big-bang approach to reform. We also find support for the corruption clubs theory - that customs agencies …
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We use a unique regulatory event that occurred in Queensland, Australia, from 2007- 2012, to examine the predictive power of landowner relationship networks and lobbying behaviour on successfully gaining value-enhancing rezoning. A State authority, the Urban Land Development Authority (ULDA),...
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enforcement against corruption and organized crime in local governments. Specifically, I take advantage of an Italian law that …
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Economic growth is propelled in part by the accumulation of different kinds of capital, including social capital in its several guises. This paper considers the interplay between financial crises and various aspects of social capital which, if it is allowed to depreciate, can undermine economic...
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