Intermediaries and corruption

dc.citation.epage115en_US
dc.citation.issueNumber1en_US
dc.citation.spage103en_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber67en_US
dc.contributor.authorHasker, K.en_US
dc.contributor.authorOkten, C.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-28T11:58:05Z
dc.date.available2015-07-28T11:58:05Z
dc.date.issued2008en_US
dc.departmentDepartment of Economicsen_US
dc.description.abstractSurveys of businessmen and anecdotal evidence blame intermediary agents (middlemen hired by corporations and individuals) for increasing corruption in the developing world. Although this problem has gained the attention of policy makers, there has been little formal analysis of it in the economics literature. In a game theoretic model analyzing the interaction between clients, public official and intermediary agents, we find that intermediary agents worsen the impact of corruption and that traditional methods of fighting corruption can actually increase corruption in the presence of intermediary agents. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jebo.2006.06.015en_US
dc.identifier.issn0167-2681
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11693/11574
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.publisherElsevier BVen_US
dc.relation.isversionofhttps://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2006.06.015en_US
dc.source.titleJournal of Economic Behavior and Organizationen_US
dc.subjectCorruptionen_US
dc.subjectBureaucracyen_US
dc.subjectIntermediary agenten_US
dc.titleIntermediaries and corruptionen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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