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SUMMARY:Development and political economy seminar - Gustavo Bobonis
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DESCRIPTION:We develop a political agency model in which office holders are
  motivated by re-election as well as reputation motives\, and are incentivi
 zed to curb corrupt behavior through elections\, formal audits\, as well as
  norms regarding the appropriateness of corruption that prevail in their pe
 er group. The model formalizes the notion that anti-social behavior is gove
 rned by both formal and informal rules of conduct. We show that\, while the
  formal institutions of audits and elections have the desired direct effect
  of reducing corruption\, the presence of norms and their interaction with 
 the direct incentives can have unintended effects. We examine the model's p
 redictions in the context of Puerto Rico's anti-corruption municipal audits
  program over the period 1987-2014. Specifically\, using a quasi-experiment
 al design based on the exogenous timing of audits relative to elections\, w
 e show that the model helps explain peculiar patters in the data: mayors re
 spond positively to audits in their own community\, but negatively to audit
 s - and the corresponding reduction in corruption - in neighboring municipa
 lities. Our estimates suggest a large negative spillover effect: communitie
 s where two-thirds of adjacent jurisdictions undergo a (timely) audit exper
 ience a 30 percent increase in reported corruption levels.\\n\\nContact: Ti
 mothée Demont: timothee.demont[at]univ-amu.frLorenzo Rotunno: lorenzo.rot
 unno[at]univ-amu.fr\n\nPlus d'informations: https://amse-aixmarseille.fr/en
 /events/gustavo-bobonis-2
LOCATION:Îlot Bernard du Bois - Salle 21\, AMU - AMSE\, 5-9 boulevard Maur
 ice Bourdet\, 13001 Marseille
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CONTACT:Timothée Demont:&nbsp\;timothee.demont[at]univ-amu.frLorenzo Rotun
 no: lorenzo.rotunno[at]univ-amu.fr
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