Corruption investigated in the lab: a survey of the experimental literature

Bobkova, Nina and Egbert, Henrik (2012): Corruption investigated in the lab: a survey of the experimental literature.

Abstract

The article provides a survey of the growing experimental literature on the investigation of corruption and extends previous surveys. We discuss three aspects which deserve more attention in further research. These are, first, a more careful consideration of individual norms, second, a broader perspective on the influence of norms within groups on corrupt behaviour, and, third, embedding corruption experiments in more extended social science research on corruption.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: bribery; corruption experiments; economic experiments
• Subjects: D - Microeconomics > D7 - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making > D73 - Bureaucracy ; Administrative Processes in Public Organizations ; Corruption; Z - Other Special Topics > Z1 - Cultural Economics ; Economic Sociology ; Economic Anthropology; C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C9 - Design of Experiments > C92 - Laboratory, Group Behavior; C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C9 - Design of Experiments > C91 - Laboratory, Individual Behavior

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