Graycar, AdamJancsics, David2017-01-182017-01-180190-0692http://hdl.handle.net/1885/111872When individuals exchange gifts, social bonds are strengthened and reciprocity is created. If the gift and the reciprocation both come from private resources, it is clearly a gift. If what is reciprocated after a gift is given comes from an organization, or is a government resource rather than from “one’s own pocket” then it is most likely a bribe. This study reviews the anthropological literature on gift giving and constructs a typology for examining the gift/bribe distinction in public administration. This classification helps distinguish analytically among different gift practices and clarify conceptual ambiguity of the terms gift and bribe.application/pdf© 2016 Taylor & Francis. http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/issn/0190-0692/..." author can archive pre-print (ie pre-refereeing)" from SHERPA/RoMEO site (as at 17/01/17). This is an Original Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of Public Administration on 7 June 2016, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/01900692.2016.1177833Anthropologycorruptiongift givingpublic administration2016-06-0710.1080/01900692.2016.1177833