Publication Type
Working Paper
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
3-2005
Abstract
Large and persistent differences in corruption across comparable countries is a challenging research issue. Even more intriguing are such differences across regions within the same country, because the typically considered socioeconomic and governance characteristics are generally more similar across such regions than across different countries. This paper's principal theme is that individuals’ perceptions of their environments are influenced by the realities that they have faced in the past; these perceptions affect their current and future actions; which in turn influence the current and future realities. An articulation and analysis of these dynamics yields significant observations concerning individuals’ behavior and societal outcomes.
Keywords
Governance, Cultures, Persistence, Learning, Beliefs
Discipline
Behavioral Economics
Research Areas
Applied Microeconomics
Volume
10-2005
First Page
1
Last Page
30
Identifier
10.1016/j.jedc.2006.09.002
Publisher
SMU Economics and Statistics Working Paper Series, No. 10-2005
City or Country
Singapore
Citation
SAH, Raaj.
Corruption across Countries and Regions: Some Consequences of Local Osmosis. (2005). 10-2005, 1-30.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/846
Copyright Owner and License
Authors
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jedc.2006.09.002
Comments
Published in Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2007, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jedc.2006.09.002