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How Business Community Institutions Can Help Fight Corruption

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dc.contributor.authorDixit, Avinash
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-15T17:14:38Z
dc.date.available2014-08-15T17:14:38Z
dc.date.issued2014-06
dc.description.abstractThis paper considers the possibility of collective action by the business community to counter corruption in the award of government licenses and contracts. The analogy is with contract enforcement institutions studied by economic historians and contract law scholars. The institution in this context comprises a no-bribery norm, a community system to detect violations, and a multilateral ostracism penalty upon conviction in a community tribunal. The requirements such an institution must meet if it is to be effective are analyzed. It is shown that an institution of sufficient quality -- combining probability of correct detection and severity of punishment -- can eliminate bribery. If the private institution is not sufficiently good, then in conjunction with the state's formal apparatus it reduces the level of bribes demanded, but increases the probability of winning the license or contract through bribery. An improvement in the government's formal anti-corruption mechanism, holding the private institution constant, reduces both the level of bribes and the probability of success through bribery. The two institutions together are shown to achieve substantially better outcomes than either can on its own.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/06/19737972/business-community-institutions-can-help-fight-corruption
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-6954
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/19371
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 6954
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectACCOUNTING
dc.subjectADJUDICATION
dc.subjectANTI-CORRUPTION
dc.subjectANTICORRUPTION
dc.subjectANTICORRUPTION AGENCIES
dc.subjectANTICORRUPTION EFFORTS
dc.subjectAUCTION
dc.subjectBANKS
dc.subjectBRIBE
dc.subjectBRIBERY
dc.subjectBRIBES
dc.subjectBUSINESS ASSOCIATION
dc.subjectBUSINESS COMMUNITY
dc.subjectBUSINESS LEADERSHIP
dc.subjectBUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subjectBUSINESSES
dc.subjectCAPACITY BUILDING
dc.subjectCOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
dc.subjectCOMMUNITY INSTITUTIONS
dc.subjectCOMMUNITY ORGANIZATION
dc.subjectCOMPLAINT
dc.subjectCOMPLAINTS
dc.subjectCONFIDENCE
dc.subjectCONTACT INFORMATION
dc.subjectCONVICTION
dc.subjectCORRUPT
dc.subjectCORRUPT OFFICIALS
dc.subjectCORRUPTION
dc.subjectCRIME
dc.subjectDOMAIN
dc.subjectE-MAIL
dc.subjectECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectEXTORTION
dc.subjectFEASIBILITY
dc.subjectFIGURES
dc.subjectFINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
dc.subjectFINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
dc.subjectGLOBALIZATION
dc.subjectGOVERNANCE REFORM
dc.subjectGOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
dc.subjectGOVERNMENT POLICIES
dc.subjectINNOVATION
dc.subjectINNOVATIONS
dc.subjectINSTITUTION
dc.subjectINTEGRITY
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL POLICY
dc.subjectJOURNALISTS
dc.subjectLAW ENFORCEMENT
dc.subjectLEADERSHIP
dc.subjectLEGAL SYSTEM
dc.subjectLICENSE
dc.subjectLICENSE FEE
dc.subjectLICENSES
dc.subjectMAFIA
dc.subjectMALFEASANCE
dc.subjectMARKETING
dc.subjectMATERIAL
dc.subjectMEDIA
dc.subjectOFFENSE
dc.subjectOPEN ACCESS
dc.subjectPAYOFF
dc.subjectPAYOFFS
dc.subjectPDF
dc.subjectPENALTIES
dc.subjectPENALTY
dc.subjectPOLICE
dc.subjectPOLITICIANS
dc.subjectPRISONERS
dc.subjectPUBLIC OFFICIALS
dc.subjectPUNISHMENT
dc.subjectRECONSTRUCTION
dc.subjectREMEDIES
dc.subjectRESULT
dc.subjectRESULTS
dc.subjectSANCTION
dc.subjectSANCTIONS
dc.subjectSCANDAL
dc.subjectSCANDALS
dc.subjectSECURITIES
dc.subjectSOCIAL SCIENCE
dc.subjectSUPPLIERS
dc.subjectTAXONOMY
dc.subjectTRANSPARENCY
dc.subjectVICTIMS
dc.subjectWEB
dc.subjectWEB PAGE
dc.subjectWHISTLE-BLOWING
dc.titleHow Business Community Institutions Can Help Fight Corruptionen
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okr.crossref.titleHow Business Community Institutions Can Help Fight Corruption
okr.date.disclosure2014-07-01
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T11:14:30.696443Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/06/19737972/business-community-institutions-can-help-fight-corruption
okr.globalpracticeSocial, Urban, Rural and Resilience
okr.globalpracticeGovernance
okr.globalpracticeGovernance
okr.globalpracticeTransport and ICT
okr.globalpracticeTrade and Competitiveness
okr.guid315951468167354809
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-6954
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000158349_20140627140142
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum19737972
okr.identifier.reportWPS6954
okr.language.supporteden
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okr.topicSocial Development::Crime and Society
okr.topicPublic Sector Corruption and Anticorruption Measures
okr.topicSocial Development::Social Accountability
okr.topicPrivate Sector Development::E-Business
okr.topicCorruption and Anticorruption Law
okr.topicLaw and Development
okr.topicPublic Sector Development
okr.unitPartnerships, Capacity Building Unit, Development Economics Vice Presidency
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