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Corruption and cheating: Evidence from rural Thailand
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Berlin: Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW), 2020.
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Abstract
- This study tests the prediction that perceived corruption reduces ethical behavior. Integrating a standard "cheating" experiment into a broad household survey in rural Thailand, we find clear support for this prediction: respondents who perceive corruption in state affairs are more likely to cheat and, thus, to fortify the negative consequences of corruption. Interestingly, there is a small group of non-conformers. The main relation is robust to consideration of socio-demographic, attitudinal, and situational control variables. Attendance of others at the cheating experiment, stimulating the reputational concern to be seen as honest, reduces cheating, thus indicating transparency as a remedy.
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.od......1687..5f174be7ad9e19b450e21fca8112269d