Speeding up Bureaucrats by Greasing Them- An Experimental Study

In the experiment two bureaucrats independently can grant a permitwith the profit of the private party depending on when the permit is given.Whereas one bureaucrat can only veto the project, the second one hasadditional discretion in granting the permit earlier or later. We speakof greasing when the private party assigns a higher reward to the secondbureaucrat.More specifically, the procedural rules are those of ultimatum bargainingwith two responders of whom one can delay agreement. The experimentaldata suggest that greasing bureaucrats is moderately efficient inspeeding them up.