Corruption, norms, and legal enforcement: evidence from diplomatic
2. Corruption, Norms, and Legal Enforcement: Evidence from Diplomatic Parking Tickets We study cultural norms and legal enforcement in controlling corruption by analyzing the parking behavior of United Nations officials in Manhattan. Until 2002, diplomatic immunity protected UN diplomats from parking enforcement actions, so diplomats’ actions were constrained by cultural norms alone. We find a strong effect of corruption norms: diplomats from high‐corruption countries (on […]