Republic of Beliefs: An Experimental Investigation

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The success of a country's anti-corruption policies can crucially depend on the citizens' beliefs about the existing legal environment. We test this key idea of Basu (2020) using a novel design which systematically manipulates beliefs of participants in an experiment. Our results suggest that Basu's "Republic of Beliefs" idea provides a critical insight in policy formulation; Merely introducing an anti-corruption law is not sufficient in aiding the country towards the desired equilibrium, especially in developing countries, where the existing legal enforcement machinery has severe scopes of leakages.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 14130

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Design of Experiments: Laboratory, Individual ; Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
• Subject: republic of beliefs ; asymmetric punishment ; harassment bribery ; experiment

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Dasgupta, Utteeyo ; Radoniqi, Fatos
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2021

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/232882
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET