“Leakage” in international regulatory regimes: Did the OECD Anti-Bribery convention increase bribery?
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2021-10-18
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When do well-intended regulatory regimes have unintended consequences? We examine one obstacle to successful regulation, “regulatory leakage,” in the context of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention (ABC). Leakage occurs when regulated behavior decreases for actors under a regime’s jurisdiction, but increases among those outside of it. We analyze a formal model that demonstrates how the ABC may simultaneously reduce bribery among firms from member countries, while increasing bribery by firms from non-ABC member countries. We also show how the ABC may lead firms from ABC member countries to shift to bribery through intermediaries. New empirical evidence of MNC activity in Vietnam shows evidence of both regulatory leakage and bribery through intermediaries.
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Chapman, TL, NM Jensen, EJ Malesky and S Wolford (2021). “Leakage” in international regulatory regimes: Did the OECD Anti-Bribery convention increase bribery?. Quarterly Journal of Political Science, 16(4). pp. 387–427. 10.1561/100.00019193 Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/25967.
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Edmund Malesky
Malesky is a specialist on Southeast Asia, particularly Vietnam. Currently, Malesky's research agenda is very much at the intersection of Comparative and International Political Economy, falling into three major categories: 1) Authoritarian political institutions and their consequences; 2) The political influence of foreign direct investment and multinational corporations; and 3) Political institutions, private business development, and formalization.
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