Framing effects on bribery behaviour: experimental evidence from China and Uganda

Gaggero, Alessio; Appleton, Simon; Song, Lina

Abstract

In this study we investigate the effect of framing on bribery behaviour. To do this, we replicate Barr and Serra (Exp Econ, 12(4):488–503, (2009) and carry out a simple one-shot bribery game that mimics corruption. In one treatment, we presented the experiment in a framed version, in which wording was embedded with social context; in the other, we removed the social context and presented the game in a neutral manner. The contribution of this paper is that it offers a comparison of framing effects in two highly corrupt countries: China and Uganda. Our results provide evidence of strong and significant framing effects for Uganda, but not for China.

Citation

Gaggero, A., Appleton, S., & Song, L. (2018). Framing effects on bribery behaviour: experimental evidence from China and Uganda. Journal- Economic Science Association, 4(1), https://doi.org/10.1007/s40881-018-0049-2

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: May 19, 2018
• Online Publication Date: Jun 4, 2018
• Publication Date: Jul 1, 2018
• Deposit Date: Jul 20, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: Jul 20, 2018
• Journal: Journal of the Economic Science Association
• Electronic ISSN: 2199-6776
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 4
• Issue: 1
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40881-018-0049-2
• Keywords: Framing; Bribery behaviour
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/961022
• Publisher URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs40881-018-0049-2