Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Boxes
- List of Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- 1 A New Era of Experimental Political Science
- Part I Experimental Designs
- Part II Experimental Data
- Part III Experimental Treatments and Measures
- Part IV Experimental Analys is and Presentation
- Part V Experimental Reliability and Generalizability
- Part VI Using Experiments to study Identity
- Part VII Using Experiments to Study Government Actions
- 27 Experiments on and with Street-Level Bureaucrats
- 28 The State of Experimental Research on Corruption Control
- 29 Experiments on Political Activity GovernmentsWant to Keep Hidden
- 30 Experiments in Post-Conflict Contexts
- 31 Experiments on Problems of Climate Change
- 32 A Constant Obsession with Explanation
- Author Index
- Subject Index
28 - The State of Experimental Research on Corruption Control
from Part VII - Using Experiments to Study Government Actions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 March 2021
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Boxes
- List of Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- 1 A New Era of Experimental Political Science
- Part I Experimental Designs
- Part II Experimental Data
- Part III Experimental Treatments and Measures
- Part IV Experimental Analys is and Presentation
- Part V Experimental Reliability and Generalizability
- Part VI Using Experiments to study Identity
- Part VII Using Experiments to Study Government Actions
- 27 Experiments on and with Street-Level Bureaucrats
- 28 The State of Experimental Research on Corruption Control
- 29 Experiments on Political Activity GovernmentsWant to Keep Hidden
- 30 Experiments in Post-Conflict Contexts
- 31 Experiments on Problems of Climate Change
- 32 A Constant Obsession with Explanation
- Author Index
- Subject Index
Summary
Our chapter discusses experiments on corruption, with an emphasis on corruption control. We begin by recognizing the barriers to conceptualizing and measuring corruption as an outcome variable. Given our shared experience studying direct instances of bribery through field experiments, we also reflect on the unique challenges to designing and executing field experiments of this sort. Our chapter also reviews experiments whose treatment activates some form of accountability mechanism. A recent trend in the literature emphasizes mechanisms that empower the electorate to hold government officials accountable; however, a separate line of research examines the effectiveness of civil society and autonomous government bodies, such as anti-corruption agencies. Aiming to be as comprehensive as possible, we include a review of studies that test the role of wages and similar incentives to promote honest behavior among government officials. Our chapter critically reviews experiments with the aim of informing the next generation of experimental research on corruption.
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- Advances in Experimental Political Science , pp. 526 - 543Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021
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