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The Failure of Anti-Corruption Policies: A Theoretical Mischaracterization of the Problem
(2010-06)
With an increased awareness of the detrimental effects of corruption on development,
strategies to fight it are now a top priority in policy circles around the world. Since
Africa is home to most of the thoroughly corrupt ...
Political Corruption and Social Trust: An Experimental Approach
(2005)
Few experimental studies have investigated important factors for people’s perceptions
of the trustworthiness of others. Building on theories that point at the importance of
trustworthy government institutions, an experiment ...
Is Corruption Understood Differently in Different Cultures? Anthropology meets Political Science
(2013-03)
This paper aims to investigate how ideas and socio-cultural preferences of “public” versus “private” account for the presence of bribery and corruption practices. Understanding corruption in terms of the differences that ...