Corruption is a welfare issue worldwide, but it is difficult to study because of its secret nature. We here did a lab … economic experiment on bribery to study different compliance mechanisms through which people might be deterred from corruption … insights in the elaboration of strategies to combat corruption and norm transgressions …

corruption level may harm intergroup relations. Corruption indices are widely used as a measure of quality of governance. But in … additionally informed about the degree of perceived corruption in each region. The presence of corruption information made people … region. The results demonstrate the potentially harmful unintended consequences of corruption indices that have to be taken …

corruption experiment. The 2x2 between-subject experimental design varies: (i) the availability of information on the geographic …-region.Experimental results show that: (i) knowing the other's region of origin significantly increases the probability of engaging in corruption … contemporary and historical level of civic capital significantly increases the probability of engaging in corruption. Our findings …

particular be true for petty corruption where small amounts of bribes are involved and the detection rate is rather low. To … conducting a real effort task in every period. Independent of the treatments we already find high rates of corruption in very … observed in the corruption experiment. We explain our findings by a systematic underestimation of the overall probability of …

corruption and tax compliance. We do this through a leniency program. In our experiment we nest collusive corruption within a tax …

Corruption is a widespread phenomenon. Nevertheless, causal evidence on the effects of corruption is still lacking. In … this paper, we assess whether and how corruption affects cooperation using a public good game experiment. Overall …

We conduct a lab experiment to investigate the impact of partisan culture and partisan identity on corruption behavior … members' corruption behavior is insignificant. Our results thus suggest that the prevailing CCP partisan culture is generally … able to undermine the corruption behavior, while the partisan identity itself can work in the opposite direction …

. This paper asks whether, besides eliminating uncertainty, intermediaries facilitate corruption by reducing the moral or … that simulates petty corruption transactions between private citizens and public officials. The experimental data con firm … that intermediaries lower the moral costs of citizens and officials and, thus, increase corruption. Our results have …