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dc.contributor.authorFindley, MG
dc.contributor.authorNielson, DL
dc.contributor.authorSharman, JC
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T15:21:14Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T15:21:14Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifier.issn0020-8183
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/S0020818313000271
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/56156
dc.description.abstractEfforts to fight international money laundering, corruption, and terrorist financing depend crucially on the prohibition barring the formation of anonymous shell companies. To study the effectiveness of this prohibition, we perform the first international relations (IR) field experiment on a global scale. With university institutional review board (IRB) clearance, we posed as consultants requesting confidential incorporation from 1,264 firms in 182 countries. Testing arguments drawn from IR theory, we probe the treatment effects of specifying (1) the international standards (managerialism), (2) penalties for noncompliance with these standards (rationalism), (3) the desire to follow norms through complying with international standards (constructivism), and (4) status as a U.S. customer. We find that firms prompted about possible legal penalties for violating standards (rationalism) were significantly less likely to respond to inquiries and less likely to comply with international law compared to the placebo condition. Some evidence also suggests that the constructivist condition caused significantly greater rates of noncompliance. The U.S. origin condition and the managerial condition had no significant effects on compliance rates. These results present anomalies for leading theories and underscore the importance of determining causal effects in IR research.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
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dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherCambridge University Press
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom657
dc.relation.ispartofpageto693
dc.relation.ispartofissue04
dc.relation.ispartofjournalInternational Organization
dc.relation.ispartofvolume67
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPolitical science
dc.subject.fieldofresearchInternational relations
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4408
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode440808
dc.titleUsing Field Experiments in International Relations: A Randomized Study of Anonymous Incorporation
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.rights.copyright© 2013 International Organization Foundation. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
gro.date.issued2014-11-07T00:20:43Z
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gro.griffith.authorSharman, Jason C.


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