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Area of Science:

  • Behavioral Economics
  • International Relations
  • Criminology

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  • Bribery is a global challenge frequently crossing national borders.
  • Existing behavioral research on bribery primarily focuses on single-nation contexts.
  • Anticorruption strategies lack insights into cross-national bribery dynamics.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate cross-national bribery behavior using online experiments.
  • To understand how national reputations influence bribery decisions.
  • To identify factors driving bribe offers and acceptance in international interactions.

Main Methods:

  • Conducted a pilot study across three nations.
  • Executed a large-scale, incentivized online bribery game with 5,582 participants across 18 nations.
  • Collected 346,084 incentivized decisions on bribery.

Main Results:

  • Participants offered more bribes to individuals from nations with a higher perceived corruption reputation.
  • Nation-specific expectations about bribery tendencies were widely shared but often inaccurate.
  • The interaction partner's national background significantly influenced bribery decisions more than one's own, termed conditional bribery.

Conclusions:

  • Cross-national bribery is influenced by perceived national corruption levels and stereotypes.
  • Conditional bribery, driven by the partner's nationality, is a key factor in international bribery.
  • Findings offer crucial insights for developing effective global anticorruption interventions.