Individual Attitudes Toward Corruption : Do Social Effects Matter?

• Tác giả: Stefano Paternostro
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 201.7 Attitudes of religions toward social issues formerly 291.171
• Thông tin xuất bản: World Bank, Washington, DC, 2014
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 303986
• Chủ đề: 1. ANTI-CORRUPTION; 2. AVERAGE LEVEL; 3. AVERAGE RESPONSES; 4. BIDDING; 5. BRIBERY

Tóm tắt

Using individual-level data for 35 countries, the authors investigate the microeconomic determinants of attitudes toward corruption. They find women, employed, less wealthy, and older individuals to be more averse to corruption. The authors also provide evidence that social effects play an important role in determining individual attitudes toward corruption, as these are robustly and significantly associated with the average level of tolerance of corruption in the region. This finding lends empirical support to theoretical models where corruption emerges in multiple equilibria and suggests that "big-push" policies might be particularly effective in combating corruption.