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Michael inserts the coupon back in the card, replaces the card at the bottom of the deck marked ‘Cases’, moves his marker two spaces back to a space marked ‘Lessons learned’ and collects $1 million from the Banker. His turn is now over. Anna rolls the dice.
Michael inserts the coupon back in the card, replaces the card at the bottom of the deck marked ‘Cases’, moves his marker two spaces back to a space marked ‘Lessons learned’ and collects $1 million from the Banker. His turn is now over. Anna rolls the dice.
==Informality on the legal/illegal and ethical/unethical axes
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|+ style="caption-side:bottom; font-style:normal"| © A. Ledeneva 2018
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!Legal
!Illegal
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| style="vertical-align:middle;"|'''Ethical'''
|style="vertical-align:top; background-color:#dcdcdc; width: 45%"|A
Informal practices that facilitate the workings of formal institutions and are overall socially acceptable
|style="vertical-align:top; background-color:#bebebe; width: 45%"|'''B'''
'''Informal practices that are criminalised but socially acceptable in certain communities ([[Small-scale smuggling (Global)|small scale smuggling]], [[Aploksne (Latvia)|cash payments for services]] or [[Hálapénz, paraszolvencia (Hungary)|giving gifts to doctors and civil servants]])'''
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| style="vertical-align:middle;"|'''Unethical'''
|style="vertical-align:top; background-color:#bebebe; width: 45%"|'''C'''
'''Informal practices that are legal but socially unacceptable or morally questionable ([[Double Irish (Ireland)|corporate tax optimization]])'''
|style="vertical-align:top; background-color:#dcdcdc; width: 45%"|D
Informal practices that are criminalised and not socially acceptable overall 
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==Informality on

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