Experimental test of the effects of punishment probability and size on the decision to take a bribe

Bahník, Štěpán; Vranka, Marek

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“…We created an on-line version of a sorting task previously used for study of bribe-taking in laboratory settings (Bahník & Vranka, 2022;Vranka & Bahník, 2018). Participants were asked to sort 200 objects appearing one-by-one on their computer screen according to the objects' color.…”

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Reward perception, but not reward inequality is associated with increased bribe-taking in a laboratory task

Bahník¹,

Vranka²

2022

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People are more likely to behave selfishly when such behavior is easier to justify. When one receives a lesser reward for the same performed task, the perceived unfairness of the reward may serve as a justification for subsequent selfish behavior. In the present study, we let participants to break rules in a sorting task in order to increase their rewards while simultaneously harming a third party, simulating a bribe-taking. Although we did not find evidence that manipulation of perceived reward inequality affects bribe-taking, people who perceived their reward more negatively behaved more selfishly and took more bribes, causing more harm to the charity.

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Reward perception, but not reward inequality is associated with increased bribe-taking in a laboratory task

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Vranka²

2022

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“…To illustrate, according to the United Nations, the global costs of corruption amount to at least US$2.6 trillion per year 2 . In light of these tremendous costs, a broad array of research has identified multiple factors shaping engagement in bribery and corruption, including social norms [3][4][5] , negative externalities 6,7 , as well as various types of punishment [8][9][10] .…”

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The effects of resource inequality on bribery

Ścigała¹,

Nockur²,

Lilleholt³

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People differ fundamentally in their propensity to engage in bribery. Herein, we tested the effects of inequality of (monetary) resources between bribers (individuals who can offer bribes) and bribees (individuals who might receive bribes) on bribery. We implemented a bribery game where bribers and bribees could engage in bribery to benefit themselves at the cost of others. To manipulate resource inequality, we allocated each briber with a high or a low endowment (resulting in “rich” and “poor” bribers) and matched them with a bribee who received either a high or a low endowment (resulting in “rich” and “poor” bribees). In a large-scale pre-registered study (N = 2,401), we found that rich (vs. poor) bribees exhibited a stronger preference for (1) accepting bribes from rich, rather than poor bribers, and (2) accepting higher, rather than lower bribes. Furthermore, we found that both poor and rich bribers indicated they would only accept relatively high bribes from rich (rather than poor) bribees. Finally, rich and poor bribers benefitted in different ways when engaging in bribery: to get their bribes accepted, rich bribers had to spend lower proportions of their endowments than poor bribees, however, rich bribers had to spend more in absolute terms.

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Experimental test of the effects of punishment probability and size on the decision to take a bribe

Cited by 2 publications

References 36 publications

Reward perception, but not reward inequality is associated with increased bribe-taking in a laboratory task

Reward perception, but not reward inequality is associated with increased bribe-taking in a laboratory task

The effects of resource inequality on bribery

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