This paper contributes to the ongoing methodological debate on context-free versus in-context presentation of … a typical bribery context, the other one uses abstract wording. Though the underlying context is heavily loaded with … the essential features of a bribery situation already with neutral framing, such that the presentation does not add …

This paper contributes to the ongoing methodological debate on context-free versus in-context presentation of … a typical bribery context, the other one uses abstract wording. Though the underlying context is heavily loaded with … conjecture that the experimental design transmits the essential features of a bribery situation already with neutral framing …

Essential characteristics of corruption are (1) a reciprocity relationship between briber and public official, (2 … exclusion from the experiment without payment. The results show that reciprocity establishes bribery relationships, where … negative externalities have no apparent effect. The penalty threat significantly reduces corruption, although discovery …

Corruption and corruptibility - due to their illegal and therefore secretive nature - are difficult to be assessed …, questionnaires, or case studies. While there seems to be agreement nowadays that corruption does have a negative impact on (foreign … favour corruption on the macro-level, it is poorly understood what exactly, on the micro-level, the determinants of …

The German federal government intends to introduce regular staff rotation as a precautionary measure against corruption …

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 … data on these activities, the laboratory provides an excellent opportunity to study this question. We find that even the …