Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/272050 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Citation: 
[Journal:] World Development [ISSN:] 1873-5991 [Volume:] 145 [Article No.:] 105526 [Publisher:] Elsevier [Place:] Amsterdam [Year:] 2021 [Pages:] 1-43
Publisher: 
Elsevier, Amsterdam
Abstract: 
This study tests the prediction that perceived corruption reduces ethical behavior. Integrating a standard "cheating" experiment into a broad household survey in rural Thailand, we find tentative support for this prediction: respondents who perceive corruption in state affairs are more likely to cheat and, thus, to fortify the negative consequences of corruption. Interestingly, there is a small group of non-conformers. The main relation is robust to consideration of socio-demographic, attitudinal, and situational control variables. Attendance of others at the cheating experiment, stimulating the reputational concern to be seen as honest, reduces cheating, thus indicating transparency as a remedy.
Subjects: 
Corruption
Cheating
Individual characteristics
Lab-in-the-field experiment
JEL: 
O12
D73
D91
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Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Article
Document Version: 
Accepted Manuscript (Postprint)

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