Johann Graf Lambsdorff
Biographic Data
| ID | 705725 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Johann Graf Lambsdorff |
| GIVEN NAMES | Johann Graf |
| FAMILY NAME | Lambsdorff |
| SIGNATURE | LAMBSDORFF J G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Passau |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5713-6991 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 72 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
When scarcity intensifies conflict
Conflict over increasingly scarce resources such as freshwater, energy, arable land or wildlife has been identified as a major security threat in a world facing climate change. The literature suggests that asymmetric appropriation of resources facilitates such scarcity-related conflicts. We test this in a novel experimental design based on a dynamic common-pool resource game. In a 2x2 treatment design, we vary Asymmetry/Symmetry and Scarcity/Abun…
Does scarcity induce hostility? An experimental investigation of common-pool resources
Climate change is leading to an increased scarcity of resources such as freshwater, energy, arable land and wildlife. This is perceived as a major security threat. However, the literature remains unclear on whether scarcity mitigates or exacerbates conflict. We design a novel laboratory experiment to investigate hostile behavior under scarcity. Participants interact repeatedly in a dynamic common-pool resource (CPR) and a joy-of-destruction game.…
Emotional Numbing and Lessons Learned after a Violent Conflict – Experimental Evidence from Ambon, Indonesia
The consequences of violent conflict remain puzzling, with some studies suggesting discrimination, others discovering increased prosociality, and others finding evidence for reduced prosociality. We solve this puzzle with results from dictator, ultimatum, and trust games run with Muslim and Christian students in post-conflict Ambon, Indonesia. We find that discrimination is only moderate and that the reaction of prosociality is context-specific. …
How income and tax rates provoke cheating – An experimental investigation of tax morale
How Fragile Is Conditional Cooperation? A Field Experiment with Smartphones during the 2014 Soccer World Cup
We conducted an experiment in a highly cooperative environment to find out how a disruption, similar to a broken window, affects behavior. A centipede game was framed as a game of soccer and run with smartphones during a soccer public viewing event, that is, a Bavarian beer garden with a large screen displaying a soccer game. We provided some subjects with information that was supportive to cooperation and others with disruptive information, aime…
Negative Reciprocity in an Environment of Violent Conflict
How is negative reciprocity cultivated in an environment of violent conflict? This study investigates how students in the West Bank react to unfair proposals in an ultimatum game. Proposals submitted with Hebrew as compared to Arab handwriting are rejected more often. Israelis must offer 15 percent more of a given stake than Palestinians in order to achieve the same probability of acceptance. This willingness to lose money by rejecting proposals …
Gender and Corruption
Bribing versus gift-giving – An experiment
The Institutional Economics of Corruption and Reform
Corruption has been a feature of public institutions for centuries yet only relatively recently has it been made the subject of sustained scientific analysis. Lambsdorff shows how insights from institutional economics can be used to develop a better understanding of why corruption occurs and the best policies to combat it. He argues that rather than being deterred by penalties, corrupt actors are more influenced by other factors such as the oppor…
The New Institutional Economics of Corruption
1.Introduction - Corrupt Contracting - Exploring the Analytical Capacity of New Institutional Economics and New Economic Sociology 2. Corruption - Its Spread and Decline 3. Why Should One Trust in Corruption 4. Corruption Trends 5. Trust and Corruption 6. Self-Enforcing Corruption: Information Transmission and Organizational Response 7. The Use of Intermediaries and Other Alternatives to Bribery 8. Corrupt Relational Contracting 9. The Governance…
How Corruption Affects Productivity
Corruption and Rent-Seeking
An Empirical Approach
There is empirical evidence that investors' confidence is not only adversely affected by corruption but also by the lack of predictability and confidence that accompanies corrupt deals. However, the positive aspect of this lack of confidence is that it acts as a deterrent to corruption. Empirical data provided here on a cross-section of countries proves that confidence in corrupt deals enhances the further spread of corruption. This suggests that…
De la propension des exportateurs à verser des pots-de-vin. L'impact sur les échanges
L'auteur s'intéresse au comportement des pays corrupteurs, à partir de données concernant les échanges bilatéraux. Il montre que le degré de corruption dans les pays importateurs affecte la structure des échanges chez les exportateurs. Ainsi, alors que la Malaysia, l'Australie et la Suède sont désavantagées dans leurs exportations vers les pays jugés corrompus, une corrélation positive apparaît entre les exportations de l'Italie, de l'Union belgo…
An Empirical Investigation of Bribery in International Trade
Corruption and Rent-Seeking
Gender and Corruption
An Empirical Investigation of Bribery in International Trade
Bribing versus gift-giving – An experiment
An Empirical Approach
There is empirical evidence that investors' confidence is not only adversely affected by corruption but also by the lack of predictability and confidence that accompanies corrupt deals. However, the positive aspect of this lack of confidence is that it acts as a deterrent to corruption. Empirical data provided here on a cross-section of countries proves that confidence in corrupt deals enhances the further spread of corruption. This suggests that…
How income and tax rates provoke cheating – An experimental investigation of tax morale
Negative Reciprocity in an Environment of Violent Conflict
How is negative reciprocity cultivated in an environment of violent conflict? This study investigates how students in the West Bank react to unfair proposals in an ultimatum game. Proposals submitted with Hebrew as compared to Arab handwriting are rejected more often. Israelis must offer 15 percent more of a given stake than Palestinians in order to achieve the same probability of acceptance. This willingness to lose money by rejecting proposals …
How Fragile Is Conditional Cooperation? A Field Experiment with Smartphones during the 2014 Soccer World Cup
We conducted an experiment in a highly cooperative environment to find out how a disruption, similar to a broken window, affects behavior. A centipede game was framed as a game of soccer and run with smartphones during a soccer public viewing event, that is, a Bavarian beer garden with a large screen displaying a soccer game. We provided some subjects with information that was supportive to cooperation and others with disruptive information, aime…
An Empirical Investigation of Bribery in International Trade
De la propension des exportateurs à verser des pots-de-vin. L'impact sur les échanges
L'auteur s'intéresse au comportement des pays corrupteurs, à partir de données concernant les échanges bilatéraux. Il montre que le degré de corruption dans les pays importateurs affecte la structure des échanges chez les exportateurs. Ainsi, alors que la Malaysia, l'Australie et la Suède sont désavantagées dans leurs exportations vers les pays jugés corrompus, une corrélation positive apparaît entre les exportations de l'Italie, de l'Union belgo…
Corruption and Rent-Seeking
An Empirical Approach
There is empirical evidence that investors' confidence is not only adversely affected by corruption but also by the lack of predictability and confidence that accompanies corrupt deals. However, the positive aspect of this lack of confidence is that it acts as a deterrent to corruption. Empirical data provided here on a cross-section of countries proves that confidence in corrupt deals enhances the further spread of corruption. This suggests that…
How Corruption Affects Productivity
The New Institutional Economics of Corruption
1.Introduction - Corrupt Contracting - Exploring the Analytical Capacity of New Institutional Economics and New Economic Sociology 2. Corruption - Its Spread and Decline 3. Why Should One Trust in Corruption 4. Corruption Trends 5. Trust and Corruption 6. Self-Enforcing Corruption: Information Transmission and Organizational Response 7. The Use of Intermediaries and Other Alternatives to Bribery 8. Corrupt Relational Contracting 9. The Governance…
The Institutional Economics of Corruption and Reform
Corruption has been a feature of public institutions for centuries yet only relatively recently has it been made the subject of sustained scientific analysis. Lambsdorff shows how insights from institutional economics can be used to develop a better understanding of why corruption occurs and the best policies to combat it. He argues that rather than being deterred by penalties, corrupt actors are more influenced by other factors such as the oppor…
Gender and Corruption
Bribing versus gift-giving – An experiment
Negative Reciprocity in an Environment of Violent Conflict
How is negative reciprocity cultivated in an environment of violent conflict? This study investigates how students in the West Bank react to unfair proposals in an ultimatum game. Proposals submitted with Hebrew as compared to Arab handwriting are rejected more often. Israelis must offer 15 percent more of a given stake than Palestinians in order to achieve the same probability of acceptance. This willingness to lose money by rejecting proposals …
How Fragile Is Conditional Cooperation? A Field Experiment with Smartphones during the 2014 Soccer World Cup
We conducted an experiment in a highly cooperative environment to find out how a disruption, similar to a broken window, affects behavior. A centipede game was framed as a game of soccer and run with smartphones during a soccer public viewing event, that is, a Bavarian beer garden with a large screen displaying a soccer game. We provided some subjects with information that was supportive to cooperation and others with disruptive information, aime…
How income and tax rates provoke cheating – An experimental investigation of tax morale
Emotional Numbing and Lessons Learned after a Violent Conflict – Experimental Evidence from Ambon, Indonesia
The consequences of violent conflict remain puzzling, with some studies suggesting discrimination, others discovering increased prosociality, and others finding evidence for reduced prosociality. We solve this puzzle with results from dictator, ultimatum, and trust games run with Muslim and Christian students in post-conflict Ambon, Indonesia. We find that discrimination is only moderate and that the reaction of prosociality is context-specific. …
Does scarcity induce hostility? An experimental investigation of common-pool resources
Climate change is leading to an increased scarcity of resources such as freshwater, energy, arable land and wildlife. This is perceived as a major security threat. However, the literature remains unclear on whether scarcity mitigates or exacerbates conflict. We design a novel laboratory experiment to investigate hostile behavior under scarcity. Participants interact repeatedly in a dynamic common-pool resource (CPR) and a joy-of-destruction game.…
When scarcity intensifies conflict
Conflict over increasingly scarce resources such as freshwater, energy, arable land or wildlife has been identified as a major security threat in a world facing climate change. The literature suggests that asymmetric appropriation of resources facilitates such scarcity-related conflicts. We test this in a novel experimental design based on a dynamic common-pool resource game. In a 2x2 treatment design, we vary Asymmetry/Symmetry and Scarcity/Abun…
Economics (11 works) · Political science (9 works) · Corruption and Economic Development (8 works) · Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (8 works) · Language change (8 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Business (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies (4 works)