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- Title
Strategic analysis of petty corruption with an intermediary.
- Authors
Lambert-Mogiliansky, Ariane; Majumdar, Mukul; Radner, Roy
- Abstract
This note reports part of a larger study of “petty corruption“ by government bureaucrats in the process of approving new business projects. Each bureaucrat may demand a bribe as a condition of approval. Entrepreneurs use the services of an intermediary who, for a fee, undertakes to obtain all of the required approvals. In a dynamic game model we investigate (1) the multiplicity of equilibria, (2) the equilibria that are “socially efficient”, and (3) the equilibria that maximize the total expected bureaucrats’ bribe income. We compare these results with those for the case in which entrepreneurs apply directly to the bureaucrats.
- Subjects
GAME theory; SIMULATION games; DECISION making; GAMES of strategy (Mathematics); MATHEMATICAL models; ECONOMIC equilibrium
- Publication
Review of Economic Design, 2009, Vol 13, Issue 1/2, p45
- ISSN
1434-4742
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10058-008-0068-1