Bribery in preindustrial societies: understanding the universalism-particularism puzzle

Journal of Anthropological Research • Vol/Iss. 70 • Published In • Pages: 263-284 •
By Rothstein, Bo, Torsello, Davide

Abstract

This article investigates how ideas of "public" and "private" goods can account for bribery and corruption. The authors hypothesize that societies that have a clear distinction between public and private goods will experience less corruption and societies with a more ambiguous distinction between public and private goods will experience more corruption. Findings mostly support this hypothesis.
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