Corruption, Regulatory Burden and Firm Productivity

Corruption, Regulatory Burden and Firm Productivity

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 betwe...

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Main Authors: Amin, Mohammad, Ulku, Hulya
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
Subjects:
CORRUPTION
REGULATION
FIRM PRODUCTIVITY
ACCESS TO FINANCE
SERVICE DELIVERY
PUBLIC SECTOR REFORM
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/724231561465558492/Corruption-Regulatory-Burden-and-Firm-Productivity
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spelling okr-10986-319762022-09-05T00:23:53Z Corruption, Regulatory Burden and Firm Productivity Amin, Mohammad Ulku, Hulya CORRUPTION REGULATION FIRM PRODUCTIVITY ACCESS TO FINANCE SERVICE DELIVERY PUBLIC SECTOR REFORM 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. 2019-06-26T19:37:07Z 2019-06-26T19:37:07Z 2019-06 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/724231561465558492/Corruption-Regulatory-Burden-and-Firm-Productivity http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31976 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8911 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
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topic CORRUPTION
REGULATION
FIRM PRODUCTIVITY
ACCESS TO FINANCE
SERVICE DELIVERY
PUBLIC SECTOR REFORM
spellingShingle CORRUPTION
REGULATION
FIRM PRODUCTIVITY
ACCESS TO FINANCE
SERVICE DELIVERY
PUBLIC SECTOR REFORM
Amin, Mohammad
Ulku, Hulya
Corruption, Regulatory Burden and Firm Productivity
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8911
description 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.
format Working Paper
author Amin, Mohammad
Ulku, Hulya
author_facet Amin, Mohammad
Ulku, Hulya
author_sort Amin, Mohammad
title Corruption, Regulatory Burden and Firm Productivity
title_short Corruption, Regulatory Burden and Firm Productivity
title_full Corruption, Regulatory Burden and Firm Productivity
title_fullStr Corruption, Regulatory Burden and Firm Productivity
title_full_unstemmed Corruption, Regulatory Burden and Firm Productivity
title_sort corruption, regulatory burden and firm productivity
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2019
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/724231561465558492/Corruption-Regulatory-Burden-and-Firm-Productivity
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31976
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