Who bribes in public contracting and why: worldwide evidence from firms

Anna D’Souza () and Daniel Kaufmann
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Economics of Governance, 2013, vol. 14, issue 4, 333-367

Abstract: We study procurement bribery utilizing survey data from 11,000 enterprises in 125 countries. About one-third of managers report that firms like theirs bribe to secure a public contract, paying about 8 % of the contract value. Econometric estimations suggest that national governance factors, such as democratic accountability, press freedom, and rule of law, are associated with lower bribery. Larger and foreign-owned firms are less likely to bribe than smaller domestic ones. But among bribers, foreign and domestic firms pay similar amounts. Multinational firms appear sensitive to reputational risks in their home countries, but partially adapt to their host country environments. Copyright Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg (outside the USA) 2013

Keywords: Governance; Corruption; Bribery; Public contracting; Public procurement; K42; L1; H11; P48 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1007/s10101-013-0130-5

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