Do corrupt people self select themselves in professions where the scope of corruption is high? We conduct a corruption … experiment with private sector job aspirants and aspirants of Indian bureaucracy. The game models embezzlement of resources in … more corruption than private sector aspirants but the likelihood of being corrupt is same across two sectors. …

We report results from a corruption experiment with Indonesian public servants and Indonesian students. Our results … suggest that although both subject pools show a high level of concern with the extent of corruption in Indonesia, the … Indonesian public servant subjects have a significantly lower tolerance of corruption than the Indonesian students. We find no …

history of past play has little effect on the level of corruption. …

This review attempts to identify treatments of corruption that draw upon characteristics of underdevelopment either as … causes or as consequences. It focuses on three aspects of corruption in developing economies: red tape, rent-seeking, and the … the structure of corruption markets …

firms whose managers or owners have no friends or relatives among the bureaucracy …

investigation of the channels reveals a reduction in corruption judiciary cases at treated customs, as well as a reduction of time … information technologies to improve efficiency and tackle corruption in public administration with important consequences for the …

history of past play has little effect on the level of corruption. …

This paper examines cultural differences in attitudes towards corruption by analysing individual-decision making in a … corrupt experimental environment. Attitudes towards corruption play a critical role in the persistence of corruption. Our … experiments differentiate between the incentives to engage in corrupt behaviour and the incentives to punish corrupt behaviour and …

Essential characteristics of corruption are (1) a reciprocity relationship between briber and public official, (2 … negative externalities have no apparent effect. The penalty threat significantly reduces corruption, although discovery …

short-term punishment institution (i.e., a crackdown) on bribery behavior in a lab setting. We conduct lab experiments in … two countries with cultures that differ in corruption norms, and which experience very different levels of bribery: the US … that short-term crackdowns may impact behavior in the short run, depending on the strength of the existing corruption norms …