Abstract

Because of its very nature, corruption is hard to be measured, and thus most indices rely on people’s perception of it. However, judgments are known to be biased, and therefore perception of corruption may not reflect actual corruption. Nevertheless, how individuals perceive corruption is important: the perception that corruption is high can cause mistrust among individuals, and it may actually affect corruption. Thus, in this paper, we investigate what affects people’s perception of corruption. We find that individuals with a high moral identity internalization and those endorse the individualizing foundations of morality tend to perceive corruption to be greater.

摘要

由于其性质，腐败很难衡量，因此大多数指标依赖于人们对腐败的看法。然而，众所周知，判断是有偏见的，因此对腐败的看法可能无法反映实际的腐败。然而，个人对腐败的看法很重要：腐败程度高的看法会导致个人之间的不信任，并且实际上可能会影响腐败。因此，在本文中，我们调查是什么影响了人们对腐败的看法。我们发现，具有高度道德认同内化的个人和那些认可道德的个性化基础的人往往认为腐败更严重。