Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/55000 
Year of Publication: 
2005
Series/Report no.: 
Passauer Diskussionspapiere - Volkswirtschaftliche Reihe No. V-41-05
Publisher: 
Universität Passau, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Passau
Abstract: 
Corrupt arrangements are characterized by a high risk of opportunism. Moreover, denunciation and extortion add another layer of uncertainty for participants in corrupt transactions. This paper demonstrates how legislators can use an asymmetric design of criminal sanctions to amplify these inherent risks, thereby destabilizing corrupt arrangements. It is also shown that asymmetric penalties do not necessarily interfere with the goal of deterrence and that immunity may be a useful tool to disband the pact of silence characteristic of corrupt arrangements.
Subjects: 
Corruption
Asymmetric Sanctions
Destabilization
Opportunism
Denunciation
Immunity
JEL: 
K42
D73
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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