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Article: Gender, culture, and corruption: insights from an experimental analysis.
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- Southern Economic Journal
- Article date:
- January 1, 2009
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1. Introduction
In recent years, a substantial body of work has explored the differences in the behavior of men and women in various economic transactions. This paper contributes to the literature by investigating gender differences in behavior when confronted with a common bribery problem.
Due to the negative impact of corruption on economic development, eliminating corruption is a major concern for many countries. Two recent empirical papers have examined the relationship between gender and corruption. Dollar, Fisman, and Gatti (2001) use country-level data for a sample of more than 100 countries and find that the greater the representation of women ...