Date: 2019
Type: Working Paper
Social norms in corruption : a bribery experiment
Working Paper, EUI MWP, 2019/07
GUERRA, Alice, ZHURAVLEVA, Tatyana, Social norms in corruption : a bribery experiment, EUI MWP, 2019/07 - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/63589
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This paper analyzes social norms in corruption by exploring whether engagement in bribery induces costly third-party punishment. By introducing third-party punishment in a bribery experiment we disentangle social norms from other non-normative motives ̶ such as retaliation, negative reciprocity ̶ maintained merely by parties involved in corruption. We manipulate two main characteristics of bribery: the private benefits gained by corrupt actors, and the negative externality generated by bribery on passive members of society. We find that third parties punish bribers more often than the bribed, but to a lesser extent. Greater private benefits induce third parties to punish more, whereas greater negative externalities have no impact on punishment choices. We unveil the role of emphatic anger as a microdeterminant of third-party punishment. We find gender differences in punishment behavior, with females being more willing to punish the bribed than males, but to a lesser amount.
Cadmus permanent link: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/63589
ISSN: 1830-7728
Series/Number: EUI MWP; 2019/07
Publisher: European University Institute
Keyword(s): Corruption Third-party punishment Experiment Emphatic anger D73 C91 D81 Z13
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