Replication Data for: "Transparent corruption: The effect of illicit connections and trusted references on the demand for bureaucratic intermediation" (doi:10.7910/DVN/HQ67I9)

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Replication Data for: "Transparent corruption: The effect of illicit connections and trusted references on the demand for bureaucratic intermediation"

doi:10.7910/DVN/HQ67I9

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2024-06-05

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Ibarra Luces, Ana Gabriela; Morales-Arilla, José Ramón, 2024, "Replication Data for: "Transparent corruption: The effect of illicit connections and trusted references on the demand for bureaucratic intermediation"", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/HQ67I9, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:B8kfdJBn6UwAcqPHi1qI4w== [fileUNF]

Replication Data for: "Transparent corruption: The effect of illicit connections and trusted references on the demand for bureaucratic intermediation"

doi:10.7910/DVN/HQ67I9

Ibarra Luces, Ana Gabriela (Universidad Católica Andrés Bello)

Morales-Arilla, José Ramón (Tecnológico de Monterrey)

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Ibarra Luces, Ana Gabriela

Morales-Arilla, José Ramón

Ibarra Luces, Ana Gabriela

2024-05-30

https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/HQ67I9

Social Sciences, Corruption, Bureaucracy, Intermediaries, Venezuela

This paper investigates the effect of priming the existence of corrupt connections to the bureaucracy and of trusted references on the demand for intermediary services. We performed an experimental survey with undergraduate students in Caracas, Venezuela. Participants are presented with a hypothetical situation in which they need to obtain the apostille of their professional degrees in order to migrate and are considering whether to hire an intermediary (“gestor”) or not. The survey randomly reveals the existence of an illicit connection between the gestor and the bureaucracy and whether a trusted individual referred the intermediary. Our findings are not consistent with the “market maker” hypothesis that revealing the existence of illicit connections increases demand. Consistent with the view that trust is a key element in inherently opaque transactions, we find that the demand for intermediaries is price inelastic when gestores are referred by trusted individuals.

• Number of cases: 690

• No. of variables per record: 24

• Type of File: text/tab-separated-values

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• Finished - Finished
• Progress - Progress
• Q_RelevantIDDuplicateScore - Q_RelevantIDDuplicateScore
• consent - consent
• Y - Y
• Sug_Corr - Sug_Corr
• Precio - Precio
• Exper - Exper
• Rapidez - Rapidez
• GestLink - GestLink
• willing_to_pay - willing_to_pay
• bargain - bargain
• mig_thought - mig_thought
• prev_gest - prev_gest
• gest_exp - gest_exp
• gender - gender
• age - age
• univ_career - univ_career
• univ_start_yr - univ_start_yr
• current_semest - current_semest
• acad_rank - acad_rank
• income_source - income_source
• m_house_income - m_house_income
• survey_chann - survey_chann

f10256137 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 0.0; Mean 0.8246376811594206; Valid 690.0; StDev 0.3805525724611607; Max. 1.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:x5LoumvZoWQpDIR48PwzSQ==

f10256137 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 88.02028985507249; StDev 28.944361720161567; Max. 100.0; Valid 690.0; Min. 3.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:IdNOMny2IYHNDnC3Hj6wVQ==

f10256137 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 30.187253884406786; Max. 100.0; Valid 677.0; Min. 0.0; Mean 10.317577548005907;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:E40wSq5apPNL9MXRqPc97g==

f10256137 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 690.0; Min. 0.0; Mean 0.9971014492753623; Max. 1.0; StDev 0.05379910621503514;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:Z50zoZU8OviYdruHoxtwtw==

f10256137 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 0.4966410808857102; Valid 690.0; Max. 1.0; Mean 0.5608695652173912; Min. 0.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:YSwsGr1P2Xs7DSkFxwCyAQ==

f10256137 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 1.0; StDev 0.49982433127002585; Valid 690.0; Mean 0.47681159420289865; Min. 0.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:2dc3va3KvTBz12zDHbRgtw==

f10256137 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 0.49988955680589614; Mean 0.5217391304347826; Max. 1.0; Valid 690.0; Min. 0.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:V2L4D3xwQx0/Iu4brIVSGQ==

f10256137 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 0.4797101449275362; Max. 1.0; Min. 0.0; Valid 690.0; StDev 0.49995056653889525;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:v6MadA06kcl+APuIryc5sw==

f10256137 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 0.0; Valid 690.0; StDev 0.4998895568058962; Mean 0.4782608695652174; Max. 1.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:dKuKzVxar+2WJDdGtDJ8cQ==

f10256137 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 0.0; StDev 0.5003606112144697; Max. 1.0; Mean 0.49855072463768113; Valid 690.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:ArFqYS35qZ8wDoBCEq/Niw==

f10256137 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 167.93351396255673; Max. 1000.0; Valid 592.0; Mean 172.35810810810813; Min. 0.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:wSB+GNi02zhIxkiEvVVMeQ==

f10256137 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 0.7162162162162163; Min. 0.0; Valid 592.0; Max. 1.0; StDev 0.4512144250814304

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:V2mLyRUzQzjx3hPvoeXOOg==

f10256137 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 0.8175559380378655; StDev 0.3865428767581148; Min. 0.0; Valid 581.0; Max. 1.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:RPZ3fLTzIlJTr2bbHsLEmA==

f10256137 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 0.0; Valid 581.0; StDev 0.49281140198606616; Mean 0.4130808950086059; Max. 1.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:jZD+pJct0Fteq1n3INBc0Q==

f10256137 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 2.1791666666666663; Min. 1.0; Max. 3.0; Valid 240.0; StDev 0.9622494421107252

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:urOCwakaktrZ4ec6TWhS6A==

f10256137 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 0.5305168684248737; Valid 579.0; Max. 3.0; Mean 1.5112262521588942; Min. 1.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:nd88r6NcqmPCcJgww11Plg==

f10256137 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 2.8376328321123108; Mean 20.241796200345423; Min. 17.0; Valid 579.0; Max. 59.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:V123tvCQLG6QFqVLDis+4g==

f10256137 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 1.0; Max. 17.0; Mean 7.103146853146853; StDev 4.075236895473481; Valid 572.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:GYj8H/I1EuxlyDabID5e4w==

f10256137 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 1.0; Valid 572.0; Max. 2022.0; Mean 1984.4912587412587; StDev 263.0645974096894

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:Vpc9PzI48lAmio6CXL/RbA==

f10256137 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 572.0; Max. 11.0; Mean 4.839160839160838; Min. 1.0; StDev 2.8650936225897587

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:TMci1WIc9fp0fs4qXEMlnQ==

f10256137 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 1.0; Valid 572.0; StDev 1.0128320750097537; Max. 5.0; Mean 2.748251748251749

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:noAkfeBzxF+om91izOJGGg==

f10256137 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 0.3098868874310646; Min. 0.0; Max. 1.0; Valid 568.0; Mean 0.10739436619718315;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:BIs922Wn8dMjx7k8JA5UiQ==

f10256137 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 9.64788732394366; Valid 568.0; StDev 4.153062970467036; Min. 1.0; Max. 14.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:lcrIgkosAaZOLieR6E5J9Q==

f10256137 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 567.0; Min. 1.0; Mean 2.652557319223985; Max. 4.0; StDev 0.7802257894264261

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:Mrnl1SLzghfT75I79eHIAw==

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