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Subject pool effects in a corruption experiment: A comparison of Indonesian public servants and Indonesian students

Experimental economics : a journal of the Economic Science Association, 2009-03, Vol.12 (1), p.113-132 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Economic Science Association 2008 ;World Bank ;Economic Science Association 2009 ;ISSN: 1573-6938 ;ISSN: 1386-4157 ;EISSN: 1573-6938 ;DOI: 10.1007/s10683-008-9207-3

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Title:
Subject pool effects in a corruption experiment: A comparison of Indonesian public servants and Indonesian students
Author: Alatas, Vivi ; Cameron, Lisa ; Chaudhuri, Ananish ; Erkal, Nisvan ; Gangadharan, Lata
Subjects: Administrative Processes in Public Organizations ; Behavior ; Behavioral/Experimental Economics ; Bureaucracy ; C91 ; Corruption ; Corruption D730 ; D73 ; Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods ; Economics ; Economics and Finance ; Experiments ; Formal and Informal Sectors ; Game Theory ; Government employees ; Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law K420 ; Indonesien ; Institutional Arrangements O170 ; K42 ; Korruption ; Laboratories ; Microeconomics ; O12 ; Operations Research/Decision Theory ; Perceptions ; Shadow Economy ; Social and Behav. Sciences ; Spiel ; Student ; Students ; Studies ; Subject pool effects ; Test ; Öffentlicher Dienst
Is Part Of: Experimental economics : a journal of the Economic Science Association, 2009-03, Vol.12 (1), p.113-132
Description: We report results from a corruption experiment with Indonesian public servants and Indonesian students. Our results suggest that the Indonesian public servant subjects have a significantly lower tolerance of corruption than the Indonesian students. We find no evidence that this is due to a selection effect. The reasons given by the subjects for their behaviour suggest that the differences in behavior across the subject pools are driven by their different real life experiences. For example, when abstaining from corruption, public servants more often cite the need to reduce the social costs of corruption as a reason for their actions, and when engaging in corruption, they cite low government salaries or a belief that corruption is a necessary evil in the current environment. In contrast, students give more simplistic moral reasons. We conclude by emphasizing that results obtained from different subject pools can complement each other in illuminating different aspects of the same problem.
Publisher: Boston: Boston : Springer US
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 1573-6938
ISSN: 1386-4157
EISSN: 1573-6938
DOI: 10.1007/s10683-008-9207-3
Source: Open Knowledge Repository

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Subject pool effects in a corruption experiment: A comparison of Indonesian public servants and Indonesian students

Economic Science Association 2008 ;World Bank ;Economic Science Association 2009 ;ISSN: 1573-6938 ;ISSN: 1386-4157 ;EISSN: 1573-6938 ;DOI: 10.1007/s10683-008-9207-3

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