一、讲座主题

Propensities to Engage in and Punish Corrupt Behavior: Experimental Evidence from Australia, India, Indonesia and Singapore

二、主讲人

Lisa教授 。墨尔本大学教授，普林斯顿大学经济学博士，在世界一流英文期刊发表论文多篇，主要研究方向为发展经济学。

三、讲座时间

2008.12.10（周三）晚上6：30

四、论坛地点

主教学楼十三层经济学院会议室

五、讲座内容摘要

This paper examines cultural differences in individual decision-making in an experimental corruption game. We define culture as an individual’s accumulated experience, shaped by the social, institutional, and economic aspects of the environment in which the individual lives. Based on experiments run in Australia (Melbourne), India (Delhi), Indonesia (Jakarta) and Singapore, we find that there is a greater variation in the propensities to punish corrupt behavior than in the propensities to engage in corrupt behavior across cultures. Consistent with the existing corruption indices, the subjects in India exhibit a higher tolerance of corruption than the subjects in Australia. However, the subjects in Singapore have a relatively high tolerance and the subjects in Indonesia have very low tolerance of corruption. We conjecture that this is due to the nature of the recent institutional changes in these two countries. We also vary our experimental design to examine the impact of the perceived social cost of bribery.

[编辑]：孙颖