Crunching Numbers in the Quest for Spotting Bribery Acts: A Cross-Cultural Rundown

Larissa M. Batrancea (), Felipe de Jesús Bello Gómez (), Anca Nichita () and Larisa-Loredana Dragolea ()
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Larissa M. Batrancea: Babeş-Bolyai University
Felipe de Jesús Bello Gómez: Universidad de las Américas Puebla
Anca Nichita: “1 Decembrie 1918” University of Alba Iulia
Larisa-Loredana Dragolea: “1 Decembrie 1918” University of Alba Iulia

Chapter Chapter 19 in The Ethics of Bribery, 2023, pp 329-343 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Bribery is a specific form of corruption that assumes the voluntary giving of value for the purpose of influencing official duty for obtaining private benefits. According to the “sand the wheels” hypothesis, bribery is detrimental to economic development, investment, and growth in the long run since it hinders fair competition and weakens the credibility of government institutions. Though it is categorized as a nonviolent “white-collar crime,” the costs of bribery for the overall society are much higher than it may appear. As a consequence, the spread of bribery across world countries is regularly monitored. Part 1 introduces the topic and gives a brief review of the literature. Part 2 discusses the different approaches used to identify acts of bribery. Part 3 discusses how various studies assess the bribery risk for many countries and provides some rankings. Part 4 is a continuation of Part 3 and provides tables that rank the 25 least corrupt countries.

Keywords: Bribery; Corruption; Cross-cultural; Ethics; Tax behavior; Regulations; A13; A14; D73; J10; K40; Z10; Z12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-17707-1_19

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