Egoism, group loyalty and corruption in Swedish local politics: Lessons from game theory and experimental social scienceRecent advances in game theory and experimental social science provide insigh ...

In the 1990s, several public corruption scandals were uncovered in Sweden. This article focuses specifically on local corruption, and our purpose is to examine whether a case can be made that problems of public corruption in Swedish municipalities have increased. By applying instruments from the institutional rational choice framework, we reach the conclusion that there are indeed reasons to suspect that retrenchment initiatives and organisational reforms over the last two decades, often labelled 'new public management', have increased the risk of corruption. Although hard empirical data do not yet exist, the suspicion that public corruption in Swedish municipalities may have become an increasing problem cannot be disregarded. Hence, we conclude by calling for further empirical research in this field.

Arbetsgrupp: Offentlig korruption och politisk etik : Konferens: Nordic Political Science Association’s annual conference 2008

Sweden has traditionally been regarded as a country free from corruption. But since the 1990s several corruption scandals and critique of weak institutional control mechanisms have somewhat challen ...

How Corrupt is a Non-Corrupt Society? : Evidence from a Survey of Local Political Elites in Sweden

I internationell jamforelse ar Sverige ett av de lander varlden som har den minst korrupta forvaltningsbyrakratin. Samtidigt har en rad uppmarksammade skandaler pa senare tid visat att inte heller ...