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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"Bribe"”.
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Three Essays on Anti-Corruption Legislation and Reform
… Their conception is motivated by the fact that bribe agreements are particularly characterized by a high risk of opportunism. Double-dealing, whistle-blowing and extortion are uncertainties that corrupt actors are in many cases exposed to. Legislation has to account for this in order to avoid …
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Essays on the political economy of development in Nigeria
… mechanisms may affect the incidence of bribe requests and payments. The analysis is based on a dynamic game in which the bureaucrat moves first and decides whether to solicits for bribe or not. Conditional on agents accepting to bribe, harsher punishment for corrupt bureaucrat …
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Self-selection and peer-effects in experimental labor markets
… behavior, specifically social norms regarding bribe-giving and bribe-taking in India, using a novel experimental method introduced by Krupka and Weber (2008). Economists have emphasized the strong effect of social norms and legal enforcement on corruption. However, social norms are difficult to …
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The role of gender, ethnicity and harambee in corruption : experimental evidence from Kenya
… influence the propensity to offer or accept a bribe, or to punish individuals who engage in such activities. In addition, this thesis uses a public good game and a common pool resource game to examine the alleged link between harambee and corruption.
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Three Essays on Behavioral Economics : Bribery Solicitation, Pity System and Information Avoidance
… include three parts analyzing the effect of bribery solicitation, the effect of pity System and the effect of meat consumption on information avoidance. The first chapter is the analysis of the effect of bribery solicitation on behavior change. Bribe solicitation is a critical but overlooked …
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Essays on firms in developing countries
… Benjamin Olken) considers how local governments' bribe extraction could interact with firms' growth. We propose a model in which government officials' choice of how much bribe money to extract from firms is modulated by inter-jurisdictional competition. The model predicts that economic growth …
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Corruption in Governance of the Commons: Consequences and Reform Challenges
… The investigation show how inspectors receive bribes in the form of finance, food, or friendship, which they pay back through inadequate enforcement, information sharing, or involvement. Inspectors perceive it as futile to refrain from bribe taking when seeing corruption in other parts of the …
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A study of corruption in transition countries
Past theoretical research has explored whether bribes paid by firms to government officials are greater under a decentralized bureaucracy where the firm faces numerous government officials or under a monopolistic one. Presumably, bribes are bid down in the former as officials compete for bribes. …
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Are Bribes the Only Way to Get Things Done? An Analysis of Public Perception and Willingness to Pay Bribes in Armenia
… corruption and their willingness to give a bribe. The goal of the research is to contribute to the anti-corruption policy-making processes in Armenia through a better understanding of public perceptions and the factors influencing public attitudes towards corruption.
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Voter participation in nineteenth century British parliamentary elections
… costs and wages forgone, but also any bribe to abstain. The product of the probability of affecting the outcome and the utility difference between the alternatives (measured in dollars) is the expected benefit of voting. The probability of affecting the outcome is affected by the …
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Fraud in Genetic Testing: Swindling the System
… submission of fraudulent claims, kickback or bribe payments, minimal or no contact with patients for which testing was ordered, inappropriate billing and documentation practices, and further actions to conceal fraud. High rates of medically unnecessary testing highlight the value of genetics …
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Dynamics of Economic Corruption
… before. Increased population density communicate bribe success information rapidly and resistance to it becomes muted as more success is observed within a population. Urban density has not been considered before because while data for urban populations exist, data for urban extents did not. This …
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Essays on institutions and economic development
… form coalitions of potentially varying size to bribe the regulator. The prevalence of capture is thus determined by the distribution of wealth. In a dynamic framework and depending on initial conditions, the economy may be either on a path towards institutional change where inequality eventually …
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Soldiers Without Uniforms: CIA Paramilitary Operations in Afghanistan
… with suitcases full of cash (in order to bribe local leaders), as well as highly sophisticated equipment. This operation, known as JAWBREAKER, thereby paved the way for U.S. military forces to enter the country. Although CIA officials have failed to replicate the same amount of success in …
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John Marshall: The development years, 1755-1800
… a hero because of his staunch refusal to pay a bribe demanded by the French ministers. Marshall was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1799, and before his term expired, President John Adams appointed him Secretary of State. After serving only nine months, Marshall was appointed …
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Three essays in labor, environmental, and behavioral economics
… may be to see the offer of compensation as a bribe. Other studies note an often significant bribe effect, but cannot distinguish why one form of compensation might be seen as a bribe while another worth the same amount of money might not be. The NIMBY literature notes that compensation …
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Assessment of Quality of Services and Customer Satisfaction with the Services of Tanzania Revenue Authority: A Case of TRA Customers
… to mature and existence of corruption and bribe in TRA among others. Lastly, concerning with the challenges faced by TRA in providing services, the study found that political interference and lack of staff motivation were the highest challenging factors. The study recommended for the …
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The political economy of policing in Zimbabwe: Changing roles, practice and identities in relationship to peace, security and development
… spiked bars to clampdown motorists in demand of bribe money. The findings suggest that the police operating in a context of budget cuts are highly unlikely to be people-oriented.
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The Linguistic And The Social Intertwined: Linguistic Convergence Toward Southern Speech
… judge glide-weakened /ay/ items (e.g., "bribe" produced as "brahb") as words or non-words. I find higher word-endorsement rates for glide-weakened /ay/ words for participants who have recently heard a Southern-accented (compared to Midland-accented) talker, even if the Southern talker …
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Essays on Public and Environmental Economics
… social welfare. To gain entry, a firm must pay a bribe-maximizing official an exogenous percentage of anticipated profit, in addition to the usual set up cost. This would lead to a monopoly, but only in markets without pre-existing firms. A benevolent social planner may use bribery to the benefit …
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