Prior work on the complexity of bribery assumes that happens simultaneously, and briber has full knowledge all votes. However, in many real-world settings votes come sequentially, may have a use-it-or-lose-it moment to decide whether alter given vote, when making decision not know what remaining voters will cast. We introduce model for, initiate study of, such an online, sequential setting. sho...

We consider a multi-agent scenario, where the preferences of several agents are modelled via soft constraint problems and need to be aggregated to compute a single ”socially optimal” solution. We study the resistance of various ways to compute such a solution to influence the result, such as those based on the notion of bribery. In doing this, we link the cost of bribing an agent to the effort ...

Scholars have suggested that corruption could serve as a substitute for property-protecting institutions in developing countries, but very few empirical studies have been conducted to test this theory. Most existing studies on the determinants of corruption are cross-national, rely on perception-based measures, and focus on economic development, regime type, and market structure as explanatory ...

Managing complex business problems requires decision makers to take a systemic perspective and utilize tools that can generate knowledge from the interdependencies of system’s properties. As such, current research focuses on an important yet ambiguous problem–bribery. Using Global Competitiveness Index data provided by World Economic Forum, authors constructed analysed Bayesian network delineat...

The relevance of the topic is explained by fact that in modern conditions Russia, fight against corruption actively being conducted. President Russian Federation, State and local government bodies, civil society institutions, organizations individuals, within their competence, carry out anti-corruption activities. But as life shows, it not always possible to effectively country, there a need tu...

Extant research concludes that family firms are less likely to bribe due reputation concerns. However, such conclusions are, a certain extent, inconsistent with the intuition and observation some can be aggressive bribers. This study employs restricted-extended framework of socioemotional wealth model reconcile this inconsistency. We propose management, on one hand, results in preservation will...