---
_id: '3101'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: 'Focusing on a physician''s relationship to a briber and a patient, this experiment
    analyzes the influence of a bribe on a physician''s treatment decision. We conduct
    a partner treatment, in which briber and physician play together for the whole
    experiment and a stranger treament, where briber and physician are re-matched
    every period. With the help of the two treatments, we vary the relative reciprocity
    between the physician and the two other actors, briber and patient. Additionally
    we use a follow up questionnaire to measure the behavioral motivation of the participants.
    We find that reciprocity leads to bribery relationships: In the partner treatment
    physicians act corruptly more often. Just the variation of the relative reciprocity
    between the treatments shows differences in the behavior of the subjects. Differences
    in the participants'' preferences deliver no explanation for their behavior in
    our experiment.'
author:
- first_name: Vanessa
  full_name: Hilleringmann, Vanessa
  id: '34491'
  last_name: Hilleringmann
citation:
  ama: Hilleringmann V. <i>The Influence of Bribery and Relative Reciprocity on a
    Physician’s Prescription Decision - An Experiment</i>. CIE Working Paper Series;
    2018.
  apa: Hilleringmann, V. (2018). <i>The Influence of Bribery and Relative Reciprocity
    on a Physician’s Prescription Decision - An Experiment</i>. CIE Working Paper
    Series.
  bibtex: '@book{Hilleringmann_2018, title={The Influence of Bribery and Relative
    Reciprocity on a Physician’s Prescription Decision - An Experiment}, publisher={CIE
    Working Paper Series}, author={Hilleringmann, Vanessa}, year={2018} }'
  chicago: Hilleringmann, Vanessa. <i>The Influence of Bribery and Relative Reciprocity
    on a Physician’s Prescription Decision - An Experiment</i>. CIE Working Paper
    Series, 2018.
  ieee: V. Hilleringmann, <i>The Influence of Bribery and Relative Reciprocity on
    a Physician’s Prescription Decision - An Experiment</i>. CIE Working Paper Series,
    2018.
  mla: Hilleringmann, Vanessa. <i>The Influence of Bribery and Relative Reciprocity
    on a Physician’s Prescription Decision - An Experiment</i>. CIE Working Paper
    Series, 2018.
  short: V. Hilleringmann, The Influence of Bribery and Relative Reciprocity on a
    Physician’s Prescription Decision - An Experiment, CIE Working Paper Series, 2018.
date_created: 2018-06-07T07:42:31Z
date_updated: 2022-01-06T06:58:55Z
department:
- _id: '280'
- _id: '475'
keyword:
- Corruption
- Reciprocity
- Physician-Patient Relationship
publisher: CIE Working Paper Series
status: public
title: The Influence of Bribery and Relative Reciprocity on a Physician's Prescription
  Decision - An Experiment
type: working_paper
user_id: '42447'
year: '2018'
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