Three essays on dishonesty and corruption

"This dissertation is made of three essays. In each of them, I present a study related to dishonest conducts that economic agents can develop in the contexts of public administration, business, or academic environments. Through behavioral and experimental tools, I evaluated the incidence of som...

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Autores:
Guillén Salas, Ruth Yamilett
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Doctoral thesis
Fecha de publicación:
2019
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Universidad de los Andes
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Séneca: repositorio Uniandes
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Corrupción - Investigaciones
Economía experimental - Investigaciones
Economía - Aspectos morales y éticos - Investigaciones
Economistas - Etica profesional - Investigaciones - Colombia
Delitos de cuello blanco - Investigaciones
Economía
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Corrupción - Investigaciones
Economía experimental - Investigaciones
Economía - Aspectos morales y éticos - Investigaciones
Economistas - Etica profesional - Investigaciones - Colombia
Delitos de cuello blanco - Investigaciones
Economía
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title_full Three essays on dishonesty and corruption
title_fullStr Three essays on dishonesty and corruption
title_full_unstemmed Three essays on dishonesty and corruption
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dc.contributor.advisor.none.fl_str_mv Cárdenas Campo, Juan Camilo
dc.contributor.author.none.fl_str_mv Guillén Salas, Ruth Yamilett
dc.contributor.jury.none.fl_str_mv Pascual-Ezama, David
Blanco, Mariana
Laajaj, Rachid
dc.subject.armarc.es_CO.fl_str_mv Corrupción - Investigaciones
Economía experimental - Investigaciones
Economía - Aspectos morales y éticos - Investigaciones
Economistas - Etica profesional - Investigaciones - Colombia
Delitos de cuello blanco - Investigaciones
topic Corrupción - Investigaciones
Economía experimental - Investigaciones
Economía - Aspectos morales y éticos - Investigaciones
Economistas - Etica profesional - Investigaciones - Colombia
Delitos de cuello blanco - Investigaciones
Economía
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description "This dissertation is made of three essays. In each of them, I present a study related to dishonest conducts that economic agents can develop in the contexts of public administration, business, or academic environments. Through behavioral and experimental tools, I evaluated the incidence of some factors, such as a variation in the economic environment, personal traits, and weak institutions, on the occurrence of dishonest acts. Also, I evaluated the effectiveness of some institutions to discourage opportunistic behaviors when managing public funds. In Chapter 1, with Juan Camilo Cárdenas, we study whether individuals who are interested in initiating a business in Colombia where dishonest practices are perceived as common in business are ethically different from those who prefer other career paths. We evaluated differences in the level of acceptance of rule-breaking in civil and academic contexts?among undergraduates with entrepreneurship preferences and non-entrepreneurship preferences. Also, we evaluated the seriousness that they linked to different kinds of transgressions. In Chapter 2, I study, through a laboratory experiment, how voluntary contributions to finance the production of a good distributed by a state agent evolve in a context of weak accountability. Also, I evaluate the effects of three institutions, based on binding and non-binding communication rather than pecuniary punishments to promote contributions and reduce misappropriation, within this scenario of weak accountability. In Chapter 3, I experimentally address whether a sudden increase of State resources, around those who can potentially assign them improperly or capture them privately, increases the likelihood of economic agents to behave corruptly. The findings of this dissertation contribute to improve our understanding of the occurrence and persistence of dishonest acts. Furthermore, they contribute to the design of policies to discourage dishonest and corrupt behaviors."--Tomado del Formato de Documento de Grado.
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spelling Al consultar y hacer uso de este recurso, está aceptando las condiciones de uso establecidas por los autores.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Cárdenas Campo, Juan Camilovirtual::8844-1Guillén Salas, Ruth Yamilettdeec14fb-b9b2-4072-81f1-4d4a85972313500Pascual-Ezama, DavidBlanco, MarianaLaajaj, Rachid2020-09-03T09:01:42Z2020-09-03T09:01:42Z2019http://hdl.handle.net/1992/4129510.57784/1992/41295u827398.pdfinstname:Universidad de los Andesreponame:Repositorio Institucional Sénecarepourl:https://repositorio.uniandes.edu.co/"This dissertation is made of three essays. In each of them, I present a study related to dishonest conducts that economic agents can develop in the contexts of public administration, business, or academic environments. Through behavioral and experimental tools, I evaluated the incidence of some factors, such as a variation in the economic environment, personal traits, and weak institutions, on the occurrence of dishonest acts. Also, I evaluated the effectiveness of some institutions to discourage opportunistic behaviors when managing public funds. In Chapter 1, with Juan Camilo Cárdenas, we study whether individuals who are interested in initiating a business in Colombia where dishonest practices are perceived as common in business are ethically different from those who prefer other career paths. We evaluated differences in the level of acceptance of rule-breaking in civil and academic contexts?among undergraduates with entrepreneurship preferences and non-entrepreneurship preferences. Also, we evaluated the seriousness that they linked to different kinds of transgressions. In Chapter 2, I study, through a laboratory experiment, how voluntary contributions to finance the production of a good distributed by a state agent evolve in a context of weak accountability. Also, I evaluate the effects of three institutions, based on binding and non-binding communication rather than pecuniary punishments to promote contributions and reduce misappropriation, within this scenario of weak accountability. In Chapter 3, I experimentally address whether a sudden increase of State resources, around those who can potentially assign them improperly or capture them privately, increases the likelihood of economic agents to behave corruptly. The findings of this dissertation contribute to improve our understanding of the occurrence and persistence of dishonest acts. Furthermore, they contribute to the design of policies to discourage dishonest and corrupt behaviors."--Tomado del Formato de Documento de Grado."Esta disertación consta de tres ensayos. En cada ensayo estudio conductas deshonestas que pueden desarrollar los agentes económicos en contextos de la administración pública, negocios o la academia. Empleando herramientas de la economía del comportamiento y la economía experimental evalúo la incidencia de variaciones en el entorno económico, rasgos personales o debilidad institucional sobre la deshonestidad. También, evalúo la efectividad de algunas instituciones para desincentivar los actos oportunistas al manejar fondos públicos. En el Capítulo 1, con Juan Camilo Cárdenas, nos preguntamos si sujetos interesados en iniciarse en los negocios en Colombia donde las prácticas deshonestas son percibidas como comunes en este sector son éticamente diferentes a aquellos con otras orientaciones laborales. Evaluamos las diferencias en la aceptación del rompimiento de reglas (académicas y civiles) entre estudiantes que prefieren el emprendimiento versus otras ocupaciones. También evaluamos la seriedad que estos estudiantes asocian a diferentes tipos de transgresiones. En el Capítulo 2, mediante un experimento, estudio cómo las contribuciones voluntarias para financiar la producción de un bien distribuido por un agente del Estado evolucionan en un contexto de rendición débil de cuentas (weak accountability). Además, evalúo la efectividad de instituciones basadas en la comunicación en lugar de castigos para promover las contribuciones y reducir la apropiación indebida de recursos. En el Capítulo 3 estudio experimentalmente si un incremento repentino en los recursos del Estado incrementa la probabilidad de que los agentes (que tienen la posibilidad de distribuirlos indebidamente o capturarlos privadamente) se comporten de manera corrupta. Los resultados obtenidos contribuyen a mejorar nuestro entendimiento de la ocurrencia y persistencia de actos deshonestos. 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