Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/227765 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
DIW Discussion Papers No. 1917
Publisher: 
Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW), Berlin
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 clear 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
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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