Gender and corruption: Lessons from laboratory corruption experiments

European Journal of Development Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 59-71

  Frank, Björn ^a   Lambsdorff, Johann Graf ^b   Boehm, Frédéric ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PASSAU   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DEL NORTE   (Colombia)

Author keywords

corruption; experiments; gender; reciprocity; trust

Indexed keywords

CORRUPTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENDER RELATIONS; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; RECIPROCITY;

EID: 79951536726     PISSN: 09578811     EISSN: 17439728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/ejdr.2010.47     Document Type: Article

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