The positive and normative aspects of corruption

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Project objective

Research objectives and content Agents in a hierarchy, due to their expertise, are commonly delegated authority to take decision and report information. While delegation reduces the burden of communication and information processing on the principal, it also introduces additional incentives problems. Corruption arises when a member of the organization uses the discretion confered on her to help another agent at the expense of the organization. This research raises the general question whether and how a principal (the owner of the organization, say) would want to regulate these non-desirable" side-exchanges taking into account that this may hurt the realization of "desirable" side-exchanges (like mutual cooperation). The research seeks also to explain the detrimental effects of corruption as well as its extent and persistence in a dynamic perspective. The main novelty of this research is that we shift the emphasis to the organization design and the transactions costs of side-contracting. Training content (objective, benefit and expected impact) See the note on the description of the host institution and the group which will host the candidate. "

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Participants

• University of Essex · COLCHESTERCoordinatorUnited Kingdom
• Not availableCity levelBelgium

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