Using religious nudging to combat corruption: Experimental Evidence

• Project/Area Number: 25K16593
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 07010:Economic theory-related
• Research Institution: Hitotsubashi University
• Principal Investigator: Umer Hamza 一橋大学, 社会科学高等研究院, 特任講師 (00972746)
• Project Period (FY): 2025-04-01 – 2027-03-31
• Project Status: Granted (Fiscal Year 2025)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,120,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥720,000); Fiscal Year 2026: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2025: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
• Keywords: corruption / experiment / religious nudging / Pakistan / student

Outline of Research at the Start

Acute corruption is a serious problem in Pakistan and requires urgent remedies. The proposed research will use lab experiments with Muslim students in Pakistan to study whether religious nudging can be an effective tool to modify the attitudes of young Muslims against offering or accepting corruption. If religious nudging will effectively modify attitudes against corruption, from a policy perspective, it will mean that the government can use religious nudging to fight corruption in Pakistan.