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We use a laboratory experiment to study the impact of transparency on reducing corruption in contexts where … embezzlement and bribery can co-occur. These contexts are closely related to grand corruption settings, where different types of … corruption occur and allow people in power to take advantage of their position. Transparency is expected to have a positive …
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In business and politics, gifts are often aimed at influencing the recipient at the expense of third parties. In an experimental study, which removes informational and incentive confounds, subjects strongly respond to small gifts even though they understand the gift giver’s intention. Our...
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Recent evidence shows substantial heterogeneity in time, risk, and social preferences across and within populations; yet little is known about the dynamics of preference heterogeneity across generations. We apply a novel identification strategy based on dyadic differences in preferences using...
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database of officials who have been found guilty of corruption in China in the period 2012-21 with their personal … characteristics and the amount of embezzled funds. We use it to investigate the correlates of corruption, estimate the effects of … corruption on inequality, and find the expected increase in officials’ income due to corruption and the gain in income …
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