01781cas a2200253 a 4500 AALejournalIMF001265 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451852882 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Dabla-Norris, Era. A Game-Theoretic Analysis of Corruption in Bureaucracies / Era Dabla-Norris. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2000. 1 online resource (22 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This paper examines interactions between self-interested agents in a two-tier government hierarchy, consisting of a central authority and bureaucrats in a two-stage game, where the actions of agents affect private sector allocations. Conditions under which lower-tier corruption arises as an equilibrium characterization of the game are identified. If bureaucratic corruption sufficiently reduces the tax base, policies that deter corruption may be optimal. When monitoring is expensive or ineffective, lower-level corruption arises as equilibrium. Tax farming and the sale of offices can occur in these equilibria. In addition, strategic complementarities between bureaucrats may give rise to multiple equilibria. Mode of access: Internet France imf IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2000/106 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2000/106/001.2000.issue-106-en.xml IMF e-Library