Experiments in Culture and Corruption : A Review
Two decades of empirical evaluation have shown that corruption has a negative impact on economic growth, political stability, judicial effectiveness, democratization, educational attainment, and equality of income. However, corruption exists, persists, and varies significantly by culture. Lab studies have recently come to the forefront in identifying both the incentives and disincentives for corrupt behavior. However, lab studies on culture and corruption have led to some puzzling, contradictory results. This paper begins with a discussion of non-experimental work in this area, and evaluates the experimental findings in the context of earlier research. The authors sketch out the channels through which culture interacts with corruption (through institutions and social norms), and argue that discrepancies in experimental results may be due to differences in design (including repetition or unobserved variation in beliefs) or to differences in the response to punishment across societies. In addition to exploring design-based reasons for previous contradictory findings, avenues for future research include: behavioral responses to different types of externalities; replicating results in different countries; and utilizing the lab to formulate effective anti-corruption measures.
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Bibliographic Details
| Main Authors: |
Banuri, Sheheryar,
Eckel, Catherine |
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| Format: | Policy Research Working Paper
biblioteca
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| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
World Bank, Washington, DC
2012-05
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| Subjects: | ACCOUNTABILITY,
ANTI-CORRUPTION,
ANTICORRUPTION,
ANTICORRUPTION MEASURES,
ANTICORRUPTION POLICY,
AUDITING,
BASIC,
BELIEFS,
BRIBE,
BRIBE PAYERS,
BRIBE PAYERS INDEX,
BRIBERY,
BRIBES,
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT,
CORRUPT,
CORRUPT ACT,
CORRUPT ACTS,
CORRUPTION,
CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS,
CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX,
CORRUPTION RESEARCH,
CPI,
CPI RANKING,
CULTURAL ATTRIBUTES,
CULTURAL FACTORS,
CULTURAL STUDIES,
CULTURES,
DEMOCRACY,
DEMOCRATIZATION,
DISCRIMINATION,
ECONOMIC GROWTH,
ECONOMIC LIBERALIZATION,
EMBEZZLEMENT,
ETHICS,
ETHNIC GROUPS,
EXTORTION,
FIGURES,
FREE PRESS,
GAMES,
GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL,
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS,
GRAFT,
GRAND CORRUPTION,
INFERENCE,
INSTITUTIONAL ASPECTS,
INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE,
JUSTICE,
JUSTICE SYSTEM,
LAWS,
LITERATURE,
MAFIA,
MORALS,
NEPOTISM,
OPENNESS,
PATRONAGE,
PAYOFF,
PAYOFFS,
PETTY CORRUPTION,
PHILOSOPHY,
POLITICAL CORRUPTION,
POLITICAL LEADERS,
PRIVATE GAIN,
PROCUREMENT,
PUBLIC OFFICIAL,
PUBLISHING,
PUNISHMENT,
RECONSTRUCTION,
REFLECTION,
REMEDIES,
RULE OF LAW,
SANCTIONS,
SELF-INTEREST,
SOCIAL CAPITAL,
SOCIAL HISTORY,
SOCIAL NORMS,
SOCIALIZATION,
TRADITION,
TRANSPARENCY,
TRUSTWORTHINESS,
VILLAGES, |
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/05/16259932/experiments-culture-corruption-review
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9355
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