Corruption by Politicians Reduces Prosocial Behavior by Bureaucrats: Experimental Evidence from Bangladesh

• In Event: Administrative Control, Command, and Corruption

Brief Overview

We use a lab-in-the-field experiment to address how politicians as role models affect the norms and behaviors of bureaucrats. We argue that corruption by politicians models self-serving behavior as a norm, reducing bureaucrats' pro-social behavior.

Authors

• Eleanor Florence Woodhouse, University College London

• Jan-Hinrik Meyer-Sahling, University of Nottingham

• Kim Sass Mikkelsen, Roskilde University

• Christian Schuster, University College London