When Competition Corrupts : A Theoretical Analysis of Market Structure and the Incidence of Corruption

The paper develops a simple model to demonstrate that, paradoxically, greater competition may exacerbate the problem of corruption. Market participants engaging in corrupt practices enjoy lower production costs -- maybe because they pay a bribe to...

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Main Authors: Basu, Kaushik, McGavock, Tamara, Zhang, Boyang
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/09/18221190/competition-corrupts-theoretical-analysis-market-structure-incidence-corruption
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16047

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