Generalization in the tropics–development policy, randomized controlled trials, and external validity

J Peters, J Langbein, G Roberts - The World Bank Research …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Abstract When properly implemented, Randomized Controlled Trials (RCT) achieve a high
degree of internal validity. Yet, if an RCT is to inform policy, it is critical to establish external …

Testing the waters: Behavior across participant pools

E Snowberg, L Yariv - American Economic Review, 2021 - aeaweb.org
We leverage a large-scale incentivized survey eliciting behaviors from (almost) an entire
undergraduate university student population, a representative sample of the US population …

Cheating in the lab predicts fraud in the field: An experiment in public transportation

Z Dai, F Galeotti, MC Villeval - Management Science, 2018 - pubsonline.informs.org
We conduct an artefactual field experiment using a diversified sample of passengers of
public transportation to study attitudes toward dishonesty. We find that the diversity of …

Assessing the correspondence between experimental results obtained in the lab and field: A review of recent social science research

A Coppock, DP Green - Political Science Research and Methods, 2015 - cambridge.org
A small but growing social science literature examines the correspondence between
experimental results obtained in lab and field settings. This article reviews this literature and …

On the interpretation of bribery in a laboratory corruption game: moral frames and social norms

R Banerjee - Experimental Economics, 2016 - Springer
Past studies on laboratory corruption games have not been able to find consistent evidence
that subjects make “immoral” decisions. A possible reason, and also a critique of laboratory …

Conditional bribery: Insights from incentivized experiments across 18 nations

AR Dorrough, N Köbis, B Irlenbusch… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Bribery, a grand global challenge, often occurs across national jurisdictions. Behavioral
research studying bribery to inform anticorruption interventions, however, has merely …

On self selection of the corrupt into the public sector

R Banerjee, T Baul, T Rosenblat - Economics Letters, 2015 - Elsevier
Do corrupt people self select themselves in professions where the scope of corruption is
high? We conduct a corruption experiment with private sector job aspirants and aspirants of …

Bribery: Behavioral drivers of distorted decisions

U Gneezy, S Saccardo… - Journal of the European …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
We experimentally investigate behavioral drivers of bribery, focusing on the role of self-
interest, reciprocity, and moral costs associated with distorting judgment. In our laboratory …

Embezzlement and guilt aversion

G Attanasi, C Rimbaud, MC Villeval - Journal of Economic Behavior & …, 2019 - Elsevier
Psychological game theory can contribute to renew the analysis of unethical behavior by
providing insights on the nature of the moral costs of dishonesty. We investigate the moral …

Inelegant enforcement of anti-corruption laws and good governance: a persistent catalyst for coups d'état and poverty in Africa

OJ Olujobi, OS Irumekhai - Journal of Financial Crime, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to scrutinise the intricate relationship between the
inadequate enforcement of anti-corruption laws and the application of good governance and …