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Grease-the-wheels hypothesis

par Méon, Pierre-Guillaume
Référence Elgar Encyclopedia of Public Choice, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., page (346-354)
Publication Publié, 2025-01

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The grease-the-wheels hypothesis posits that corruption can be a second-best phenomenon, allowing for compensating other distortions, often assumed to be rooted in deficiencies of the public sector. This chapter reviews the theoretical arguments supporting both this hypothesis and its opposing view, the sand-the-wheels hypothesis. It also surveys the empirical literature and discusses the challenges involved in testing these two competing theories.