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Committed to reciprocate on a bribe or blow the whistle: The effects of periodical staff-rotation in public administration

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FIŠAR Miloš KRČÁL Ondřej STANĚK Rostislav ŠPALEK Jiří

Year of publication 2021
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Public Performance & Management Review
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Economics and Administration

Citation
Web https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/15309576.2020.1812410?needAccess=true
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15309576.2020.1812410
Keywords bribery; economic experiment; staff rotation; anti-corruption practices
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Description Periodic rotation of staff in public administration may lead to lower corruption, as it disrupts long-term relationships between public officials and potential bribers. We use an experimental design to test the anticorruption effect of staff rotation in situations in which public officials have committed to reciprocating bribes. We find that staff rotation does not influence the proportion of firms offering bribes but does reduce the share of bribe acceptance and inefficient decisions owing to bribery. The outcome of the staff rotation treatment, in which firms offered bribes even though they were rarely accepted by officials, is consistent with the game having a quantal response equilibrium.
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