Political Connections and Firms : Network Dimensions
Business and politicians' interaction is pervasive but has mostly been analyzed with a binary approach, i.e. either a firm is connected to a politician or not. Yet the network dimensions of such connections are ubiquitous. This paper uses use...
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okr-10986-298342021-06-08T14:42:46Z Political Connections and Firms : Network Dimensions Bussolo, Maurizio Commander, Simon Poupakis, Stavros POLITICAL PARTIES POLITICIANS BUSINESS INTERESTS POLITICAL NETWORKS POLITICALLY EXPOSED PERSONS GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS PUBLIC PROCUREMENT PUBLIC SPENDING LOBBYING GRAFT BRIBERY CORRUPTION RENT SEEKING PATRONAGE CLIENTELISM Business and politicians' interaction is pervasive but has mostly been analyzed with a binary approach, i.e. either a firm is connected to a politician or not. Yet the network dimensions of such connections are ubiquitous. This paper uses use a unique data set for seven economies that documents politically exposed persons and their links to companies, political parties, and other individuals. The data set is used to identify networks of connections, including their scale and composition. The analysis finds that all country networks are integrated having a Big Island. They also tend to be marked by small-world properties of high clustering and short path length. Matching the data to firm-level information, the paper examines the association between being connected and firm-level attributes. The originality of the analysis is to identify how location in a network, including the extent of ties and centrality, is correlated with firm scale and performance. In a binary approach, such network characteristics are omitted and the scale and economic impact of politically connected business may be significantly mis/under-estimated. By comparing the results of the binary approach with the network approach, the paper also assesses the biases that result from ignoring network attributes. 2018-05-15T20:44:09Z 2018-05-15T20:44:09Z 2018-05 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/323581525356216199/Political-connections-and-firms-network-dimensions http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29834 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8428 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Europe and Central Asia Eastern Europe |
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POLITICAL PARTIES POLITICIANS BUSINESS INTERESTS POLITICAL NETWORKS POLITICALLY EXPOSED PERSONS GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS PUBLIC PROCUREMENT PUBLIC SPENDING LOBBYING GRAFT BRIBERY CORRUPTION RENT SEEKING PATRONAGE CLIENTELISM |
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POLITICAL PARTIES POLITICIANS BUSINESS INTERESTS POLITICAL NETWORKS POLITICALLY EXPOSED PERSONS GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS PUBLIC PROCUREMENT PUBLIC SPENDING LOBBYING GRAFT BRIBERY CORRUPTION RENT SEEKING PATRONAGE CLIENTELISM Bussolo, Maurizio Commander, Simon Poupakis, Stavros Political Connections and Firms : Network Dimensions |
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Business and politicians'
interaction is pervasive but has mostly been analyzed with a
binary approach, i.e. either a firm is connected to a
politician or not. Yet the network dimensions of such
connections are ubiquitous. This paper uses use a unique
data set for seven economies that documents politically
exposed persons and their links to companies, political
parties, and other individuals. The data set is used to
identify networks of connections, including their scale and
composition. The analysis finds that all country networks
are integrated having a Big Island. They also tend to be
marked by small-world properties of high clustering and
short path length. Matching the data to firm-level
information, the paper examines the association between
being connected and firm-level attributes. The originality
of the analysis is to identify how location in a network,
including the extent of ties and centrality, is correlated
with firm scale and performance. In a binary approach, such
network characteristics are omitted and the scale and
economic impact of politically connected business may be
significantly mis/under-estimated. By comparing the results
of the binary approach with the network approach, the paper
also assesses the biases that result from ignoring network attributes. |
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Bussolo, Maurizio Commander, Simon Poupakis, Stavros |
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Bussolo, Maurizio Commander, Simon Poupakis, Stavros |
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Political Connections and Firms : Network Dimensions |
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Political Connections and Firms : Network Dimensions |
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Political Connections and Firms : Network Dimensions |
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Political Connections and Firms : Network Dimensions |
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Political Connections and Firms : Network Dimensions |
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political connections and firms : network dimensions |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2018 |
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