Corruption, Regulatory Burden and Firm Productivity

Mohammad Amin and Hulya Ulku

No 8911, Policy Research Working Paper Series from The World Bank

Abstract: Using firm-level data from more than 39,000 firms in 111 economies, this paper tests the hypothesis that corruption impedes productivity more at higher levels of regulation. The analysis finds that there is a significant negative relationship between corruption and firm productivity when regulation is high and an insignificant relationship when it is low. These findings are robust to different controls and specifications.

Keywords: Economic Adjustment and Lending; Public Finance Decentralization and Poverty Reduction; Macro-Fiscal Policy; Taxation&Subsidies; Public Sector Economics; Crime and Society; Gender and Development; Access to Finance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019-06-25
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