Title: Research on public officials' corruption from the perspective of rational economic man
Abstract: It is identified in economic theories that public officials are the rational and self-interested actors who try to maximize their own benefits,which is conceived as the psychological foundation of corruption.It is assumed that the public officials make decisions by comparing the costs and benefits of different courses of actions.In this regard,corruption may inevitably arise among public officials when the corrupt actions generate more benefits than costs under the incomplete system.This article tries to construct a cost-benefit model of public officials' corruption and indicates that the benefits of corruption include the physical and spiritual aspects.On the other hand,the costs of corruption include costs of preparation,implementation and risk.The behavior choices of public officials in both direct corruption and indirect bribery corruption are also specifically analyzed and the conclusion is drawn that the key to anti-corruption and clean government is based on systematic problems after comparing the individual behaviors under different systems.
Publication Year: 2009
Publication Date: 2009-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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