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 …

In this paper we study the influence of economic stability on the level of corruption in a country, where high … exogenous shocks to economic output where politicians can decide about the level of corruption and an election is held within … the framework of a Bayesian game. Corruption is assumed to be harmful to the economy and politicians try to maximize …

In transition and developing countries, we observe rather high levels of corruption even if they have democratic … high corruption levels. Our model is based on the fact that corrupt officials have to pay an entry fee to get lucrative … positions. In a probabilistic voting model, we show that a lack of financial institutions can lead to more corruption as more …

Whistle-blowing is seen as a powerful tool in containing corruption, although theoretical findings and experimental … evidence cast doubt on its effectiveness. We expand a standard corruption model by allowing both, briber and official to … initiate corruption actively, in order to assess the full effect of whistle-blowing. In our laboratory experiment we find that …

The ‘Four-Eyes-Principle’ is considered as one of the most potent measures against corruption although it lacks both … theoretical and empirical justification. We show in a laboratory experiment using a standard corruption game that introducing the …