The power of voting and corruption cycles

Abstract

We introduce an evolutionary dynamical model for corruption in a democratic state describing the interactions between citizens, government and officials, where the voting power of the citizens is the main mechanism to control corruption. Three main scenarios for the evolution of corruption emerge depending on the efficiency of the institutions and the social, political, and economic characteristics of the State. Efficient institutions can create a corruption intolerant self-reinforcing mechanism. The lack of political choices, weaknesses of institutions and vote buying can create a self-reinforcing mechanism of corruption. The ambition of the rulers can induce high levels of corruption that can be fought by the voting power of the citizens creating corruption cycles.

Persistent Strange attractors in 3D Polymatrix Replicators

“…Finding explicit examples of vector fields whose flows exhibit chaos is of significant interest in the context of evolutionary games (e.g. the recent work about models for corruption in a democratic society [30]) and constitute a big challenge.…”

Firms, technology, training and government fiscal policies: An evolutionary approach

“…In order for the government to carry out its objectives it must collect taxes and conduct tax policies to channel resources into specific sectors of the economy, thereby affecting the distribution of market outcomes. Government decision-making on fiscal policy can be captured by vested interests or even corruption (see [1]), which can lead to industrial policies that support local economic elites and distort the efficient allocation of resources by market forces. Industrial policy responds directly or indirectly to pressure from different interest groups, and to possible changes in the ruling elite.…”

Asymptotic dynamics of Hamiltonian polymatrix replicators

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