Corruption and the Other(s): Scope of Superordinate Identity Matters for Corruption Permissibility

Corruption and the Other(s): Scope of Superordinate Identity Matters for Corruption Permissibility.

The decision to engage in corruption-public and private corruption, nepotism, and embezzlement-is often attributed to rational actors maximizing benefits to themselves. However, the importance of reciprocal relationships in humans suggests that an actor may weigh the costs of harms of her corrupt behavior to individuals who may generate future benefits for her. We hypothesize that actors who ha...

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CRAWFORD SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND GOVERNMENT Corruption and Anti-Corruption

About the P About the P About the P About the P About the Policy Briefs olicy Briefs olicy Briefs olicy Briefs olicy Briefs This year the Crawford School of Economics and Government established an exciting series of Policy Briefs that provide three opinion pieces by researchers on a particular theme or topic. These briefs are designed to provide introductions into key public policy areas that a...

Corruption and Anti-corruption in China: Challenges and Countermeasures

As in most of the developing countries, corruption is becoming one of the serious challenges in the process China is striding forward to modernization. However, corruption in China is different in nature and extent from that in other nations due to the political structure and reform policy China has implemented. This paper devotes to differentiating typologies of corruption, analyzing the cause...

The Corruption of Transition

A political economic framework is used to describe an economy following transition to private ownership. The transition, characterized by massive privatization, is accompanied by a constitutional change, which is influenced by potential shareholders who may be described as the local entrepreneur, the corrupt entrepreneur, or the foreign entrepreneur. The constitutional changes influence the pri...