The Silence of Corruption : Identifying Underreporting of Business Corruption through Randomized Response Techniques

Research on the economic consequences of corruption has been hampered by the inability to directly measure corruption. Using an innovative methodology that allows respondents to report individual experiences with corruption while minimizing self-in...

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Main Authors:	Jensen, Nathan M., Rahman, Aminur
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	ACCOUNTABILITY ANTI-CORRUPTION ANTICORRUPTION BRIBE BRIBERY BRIBES BUSINESS COMMUNITY BUSINESS TAXES CAPITAL FLOWS CLAIM COLLUSION CONFIDENCE CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY CORRUPT CORRUPT ACTS CORRUPTION CORRUPTION LAWS CORRUPTION PERCEPTION CORRUPTION PERCEPTION INDEX CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS CORRUPTION RESEARCH CRIMINAL CRIMINAL SANCTIONS DEPENDENT DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS ECONOMIC POLICY EXCHANGE RATE EXTORTION FINANCIAL CRISIS FIRM PERFORMANCE FOREIGN CORRUPT PRACTICES FOREIGN CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTORS GLOBAL GOVERNANCE GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS INCOME INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT INTEREST RATE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS INTERVIEWS INVESTMENT CLIMATE LARGE FIRM LEARNING LIEN MEASUREMENT OF CORRUPTION MEDIA MEDIA COVERAGE MEDIA FREEDOM MINISTER MULTINATIONAL MULTINATIONALS OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE POLICE POLICE OFFICER PRIVATIZATION PUBLIC OFFICIAL PUBLIC OFFICIALS RECONSTRUCTION RULE OF LAW RULING PARTY SAMPLE SIZE SELF-INTEREST SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY TRANSITION ECONOMIES TRANSPARENCY
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spelling	okr-10986-34592021-04-23T14:02:10Z The Silence of Corruption : Identifying Underreporting of Business Corruption through Randomized Response Techniques Jensen, Nathan M. Rahman, Aminur ACCOUNTABILITY ANTI-CORRUPTION ANTICORRUPTION BRIBE BRIBERY BRIBES BUSINESS COMMUNITY BUSINESS TAXES CAPITAL FLOWS CLAIM COLLUSION CONFIDENCE CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY CORRUPT CORRUPT ACTS CORRUPTION CORRUPTION LAWS CORRUPTION PERCEPTION CORRUPTION PERCEPTION INDEX CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS CORRUPTION RESEARCH CRIMINAL CRIMINAL SANCTIONS DEPENDENT DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS ECONOMIC POLICY EXCHANGE RATE EXTORTION FINANCIAL CRISIS FIRM PERFORMANCE FOREIGN CORRUPT PRACTICES FOREIGN CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTORS GLOBAL GOVERNANCE GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS INCOME INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT INTEREST RATE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS INTERVIEWS INVESTMENT CLIMATE LARGE FIRM LEARNING LIEN MEASUREMENT OF CORRUPTION MEDIA MEDIA COVERAGE MEDIA FREEDOM MINISTER MULTINATIONAL MULTINATIONALS OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE POLICE POLICE OFFICER PRIVATIZATION PUBLIC OFFICIAL PUBLIC OFFICIALS RECONSTRUCTION RULE OF LAW RULING PARTY SAMPLE SIZE SELF-INTEREST SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY TRANSITION ECONOMIES TRANSPARENCY Research on the economic consequences of corruption has been hampered by the inability to directly measure corruption. Using an innovative methodology that allows respondents to report individual experiences with corruption while minimizing self-incrimination and an objective diagnostic to evaluate lying (false responses), this paper explores the extent of business corruption in Bangladesh. The analysis shows that traditional measures of corruption underreport the extent of business corruption in Bangladesh and existing strategies to evaluate and elicit truthful responses have limited effectiveness. The authors identify the types of firms that are associated with false responses and nonresponses to survey questions on corruption. 2012-03-19T18:02:50Z 2012-03-19T18:02:50Z 2011-06-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20110621120150 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3459 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5696 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper South Asia South Asia South Asia Asia Bangladesh
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topic	ACCOUNTABILITY ANTI-CORRUPTION ANTICORRUPTION BRIBE BRIBERY BRIBES BUSINESS COMMUNITY BUSINESS TAXES CAPITAL FLOWS CLAIM COLLUSION CONFIDENCE CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY CORRUPT CORRUPT ACTS CORRUPTION CORRUPTION LAWS CORRUPTION PERCEPTION CORRUPTION PERCEPTION INDEX CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS CORRUPTION RESEARCH CRIMINAL CRIMINAL SANCTIONS DEPENDENT DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS ECONOMIC POLICY EXCHANGE RATE EXTORTION FINANCIAL CRISIS FIRM PERFORMANCE FOREIGN CORRUPT PRACTICES FOREIGN CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTORS GLOBAL GOVERNANCE GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS INCOME INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT INTEREST RATE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS INTERVIEWS INVESTMENT CLIMATE LARGE FIRM LEARNING LIEN MEASUREMENT OF CORRUPTION MEDIA MEDIA COVERAGE MEDIA FREEDOM MINISTER MULTINATIONAL MULTINATIONALS OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE POLICE POLICE OFFICER PRIVATIZATION PUBLIC OFFICIAL PUBLIC OFFICIALS RECONSTRUCTION RULE OF LAW RULING PARTY SAMPLE SIZE SELF-INTEREST SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY TRANSITION ECONOMIES TRANSPARENCY
spellingShingle	ACCOUNTABILITY ANTI-CORRUPTION ANTICORRUPTION BRIBE BRIBERY BRIBES BUSINESS COMMUNITY BUSINESS TAXES CAPITAL FLOWS CLAIM COLLUSION CONFIDENCE CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY CORRUPT CORRUPT ACTS CORRUPTION CORRUPTION LAWS CORRUPTION PERCEPTION CORRUPTION PERCEPTION INDEX CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS CORRUPTION RESEARCH CRIMINAL CRIMINAL SANCTIONS DEPENDENT DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS ECONOMIC POLICY EXCHANGE RATE EXTORTION FINANCIAL CRISIS FIRM PERFORMANCE FOREIGN CORRUPT PRACTICES FOREIGN CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTORS GLOBAL GOVERNANCE GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS INCOME INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT INTEREST RATE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS INTERVIEWS INVESTMENT CLIMATE LARGE FIRM LEARNING LIEN MEASUREMENT OF CORRUPTION MEDIA MEDIA COVERAGE MEDIA FREEDOM MINISTER MULTINATIONAL MULTINATIONALS OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE POLICE POLICE OFFICER PRIVATIZATION PUBLIC OFFICIAL PUBLIC OFFICIALS RECONSTRUCTION RULE OF LAW RULING PARTY SAMPLE SIZE SELF-INTEREST SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY TRANSITION ECONOMIES TRANSPARENCY Jensen, Nathan M. Rahman, Aminur The Silence of Corruption : Identifying Underreporting of Business Corruption through Randomized Response Techniques
geographic_facet	South Asia South Asia South Asia Asia Bangladesh
relation	Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5696
description	Research on the economic consequences of corruption has been hampered by the inability to directly measure corruption. Using an innovative methodology that allows respondents to report individual experiences with corruption while minimizing self-incrimination and an objective diagnostic to evaluate lying (false responses), this paper explores the extent of business corruption in Bangladesh. The analysis shows that traditional measures of corruption underreport the extent of business corruption in Bangladesh and existing strategies to evaluate and elicit truthful responses have limited effectiveness. The authors identify the types of firms that are associated with false responses and nonresponses to survey questions on corruption.
format	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author	Jensen, Nathan M. Rahman, Aminur
author_facet	Jensen, Nathan M. Rahman, Aminur
author_sort	Jensen, Nathan M.
title	The Silence of Corruption : Identifying Underreporting of Business Corruption through Randomized Response Techniques
title_short	The Silence of Corruption : Identifying Underreporting of Business Corruption through Randomized Response Techniques
title_full	The Silence of Corruption : Identifying Underreporting of Business Corruption through Randomized Response Techniques
title_fullStr	The Silence of Corruption : Identifying Underreporting of Business Corruption through Randomized Response Techniques
title_full_unstemmed	The Silence of Corruption : Identifying Underreporting of Business Corruption through Randomized Response Techniques
title_sort	silence of corruption : identifying underreporting of business corruption through randomized response techniques
publishDate	2012
url	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20110621120150 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3459
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The Silence of Corruption : Identifying Underreporting of Business Corruption through Randomized Response Techniques

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