Arbeitspapier
Deterrence, peer effect, and legitimacy in anti-corruption policy-making: An experimental analysis
In our framed laboratory experiment, two Public Officials, A and B, make consecutive decisions regarding embezzlement from separate funds. Official B observes Official A's decision before making their own. There are four treatments: three with deterrence and one without. We find a peer effect in embezzlement in that facing an honest Official A reduces embezzlement by Official B. Likewise, deterrence matters in that higher detection probabilities significantly decrease embezzlement. Crucially, detection is more effective in curbing embezzlement when chosen by an honest Official A compared to a corrupt Official A at almost all individual detection levels. This 'legitimacy' effect may help explain why anti-corruption policies can fail in countries where the government itself is believed to be corrupt.
- ISBN
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978-92-9256-181-9
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: WIDER Working Paper ; No. 2016/137
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Design of Experiments: Laboratory, Individual
Bureaucracy; Administrative Processes in Public Organizations; Corruption
Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
- Thema
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corruption
deterrence
embezzlement
laboratory experiment
legitimacy
peer effect
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Boly, Amadou
Gillanders, Robert
Miettinen, Topi
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
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Helsinki
- (wann)
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2016
- DOI
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doi:10.35188/UNU-WIDER/2016/181-9
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Boly, Amadou
- Gillanders, Robert
- Miettinen, Topi
- The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
Entstanden
- 2016