Framing effects on bribery behaviour: experimental evidence from China and Uganda

In this study we investigate the effect of framing on bribery behaviour. To do this, we replicate Barr and Serra (Exp Econ, 12(4):488–503, (2009) and carry out a simple one-shot bribery game that mimics corruption. In one treatment, we presented the experiment in a framed version, in which wording w...

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Main Authors: Gaggero, Alessio, Appleton, Simon, Song, Lina
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Song, Lina
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description In this study we investigate the effect of framing on bribery behaviour. To do this, we replicate Barr and Serra (Exp Econ, 12(4):488–503, (2009) and carry out a simple one-shot bribery game that mimics corruption. In one treatment, we presented the experiment in a framed version, in which wording was embedded with social context; in the other, we removed the social context and presented the game in a neutral manner. The contribution of this paper is that it offers a comparison of framing effects in two highly corrupt countries: China and Uganda. Our results provide evidence of strong and significant framing effects for Uganda, but not for China.
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spelling nottingham-530652020-05-04T19:50:38Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/53065/ Framing effects on bribery behaviour: experimental evidence from China and Uganda Gaggero, Alessio Appleton, Simon Song, Lina In this study we investigate the effect of framing on bribery behaviour. To do this, we replicate Barr and Serra (Exp Econ, 12(4):488–503, (2009) and carry out a simple one-shot bribery game that mimics corruption. In one treatment, we presented the experiment in a framed version, in which wording was embedded with social context; in the other, we removed the social context and presented the game in a neutral manner. The contribution of this paper is that it offers a comparison of framing effects in two highly corrupt countries: China and Uganda. Our results provide evidence of strong and significant framing effects for Uganda, but not for China. Springer 2018-07 Article PeerReviewed Gaggero, Alessio, Appleton, Simon and Song, Lina (2018) Framing effects on bribery behaviour: experimental evidence from China and Uganda. Journal of the Economic Science Association, 4 (1). pp. 86-97. ISSN 2199-6776 Framing; Bribery behaviour https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs40881-018-0049-2 doi:10.1007/s40881-018-0049-2 doi:10.1007/s40881-018-0049-2
spellingShingle Framing; Bribery behaviour
Gaggero, Alessio
Appleton, Simon
Song, Lina
Framing effects on bribery behaviour: experimental evidence from China and Uganda
title Framing effects on bribery behaviour: experimental evidence from China and Uganda
title_full Framing effects on bribery behaviour: experimental evidence from China and Uganda
title_fullStr Framing effects on bribery behaviour: experimental evidence from China and Uganda
title_full_unstemmed Framing effects on bribery behaviour: experimental evidence from China and Uganda
title_short Framing effects on bribery behaviour: experimental evidence from China and Uganda
title_sort framing effects on bribery behaviour: experimental evidence from china and uganda
topic Framing; Bribery behaviour
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/53065/
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