Does Respondent Reticence Affect the Results of Corruption Surveys? Evidence from the World Bank Enterprise Survey for Nigeria
A potential concern with survey-based data on corruption is that respondents may not be fully candid in their responses to sensitive questions. If reticent respondents are less likely to admit to involvement in corrupt acts, and if the proportion o...
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okr-10986-39002021-04-23T14:02:13Z Does Respondent Reticence Affect the Results of Corruption Surveys? Evidence from the World Bank Enterprise Survey for Nigeria Clausen, Bianca Kraay, Aart Murrell, Peter ACCURATE INFORMATION BRIBE BRIBES BUSINESS OPERATIONS BUSINESS TAXES BUSINESSES CERTIFICATION CHANGE CLAIM CORRUPT CORRUPT ACTS CORRUPTION CORRUPTION SURVEY CORRUPTION SURVEYS CUSTOMS DEPENDENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ELECTRONIC DEVICE ENTERPRISE SURVEY FIGURES FINANCIAL SUPPORT GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS INDIRECT QUESTIONS INSPECTION INSPECTIONS JUDGMENT JURISDICTIONS LARGE FIRMS LEVERAGES LICENSE LICENSES LISTENING MANUFACTURING MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY MARKET SHARE OPINIONS PERCEPTIONS PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PROTOCOL PUBLIC OFFICIALS QUESTIONNAIRE QUESTIONNAIRES RADIO RANKING RECONSTRUCTION RESULT RESULTS SAMPLE SELECTION SAMPLE SIZE SERVICE PROVIDERS SURVEY DATA SURVEY DESIGN SURVEY QUESTIONS SURVEYING TELEPHONE TELEPHONE CONNECTION USES WEB A potential concern with survey-based data on corruption is that respondents may not be fully candid in their responses to sensitive questions. If reticent respondents are less likely to admit to involvement in corrupt acts, and if the proportion of reticent respondents varies across groups of interest, comparisons of reported corruption across those groups can be misleading. This paper implements a variant on random response techniques that allows for identification of reticent respondents in the World Bank s Enterprise Survey for Nigeria fielded in 2008 and 2009. The authors find that 13.1 percent of respondents are highly likely to be reticent, and that these reticent respondents admit to sensitive acts at a significantly lower rate than possibly candid respondents when survey questions are worded in a way that implies personal wrongdoing on the part of the respondent. 2012-03-19T18:41:49Z 2012-03-19T18:41:49Z 2010-09-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20100907100700 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3900 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5415 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Africa Africa West Africa Sub-Saharan Africa Nigeria |
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ACCURATE INFORMATION BRIBE BRIBES BUSINESS OPERATIONS BUSINESS TAXES BUSINESSES CERTIFICATION CHANGE CLAIM CORRUPT CORRUPT ACTS CORRUPTION CORRUPTION SURVEY CORRUPTION SURVEYS CUSTOMS DEPENDENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ELECTRONIC DEVICE ENTERPRISE SURVEY FIGURES FINANCIAL SUPPORT GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS INDIRECT QUESTIONS INSPECTION INSPECTIONS JUDGMENT JURISDICTIONS LARGE FIRMS LEVERAGES LICENSE LICENSES LISTENING MANUFACTURING MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY MARKET SHARE OPINIONS PERCEPTIONS PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PROTOCOL PUBLIC OFFICIALS QUESTIONNAIRE QUESTIONNAIRES RADIO RANKING RECONSTRUCTION RESULT RESULTS SAMPLE SELECTION SAMPLE SIZE SERVICE PROVIDERS SURVEY DATA SURVEY DESIGN SURVEY QUESTIONS SURVEYING TELEPHONE TELEPHONE CONNECTION USES WEB |
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ACCURATE INFORMATION BRIBE BRIBES BUSINESS OPERATIONS BUSINESS TAXES BUSINESSES CERTIFICATION CHANGE CLAIM CORRUPT CORRUPT ACTS CORRUPTION CORRUPTION SURVEY CORRUPTION SURVEYS CUSTOMS DEPENDENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ELECTRONIC DEVICE ENTERPRISE SURVEY FIGURES FINANCIAL SUPPORT GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS INDIRECT QUESTIONS INSPECTION INSPECTIONS JUDGMENT JURISDICTIONS LARGE FIRMS LEVERAGES LICENSE LICENSES LISTENING MANUFACTURING MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY MARKET SHARE OPINIONS PERCEPTIONS PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PROTOCOL PUBLIC OFFICIALS QUESTIONNAIRE QUESTIONNAIRES RADIO RANKING RECONSTRUCTION RESULT RESULTS SAMPLE SELECTION SAMPLE SIZE SERVICE PROVIDERS SURVEY DATA SURVEY DESIGN SURVEY QUESTIONS SURVEYING TELEPHONE TELEPHONE CONNECTION USES WEB Clausen, Bianca Kraay, Aart Murrell, Peter Does Respondent Reticence Affect the Results of Corruption Surveys? Evidence from the World Bank Enterprise Survey for Nigeria |
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A potential concern with survey-based
data on corruption is that respondents may not be fully
candid in their responses to sensitive questions. If
reticent respondents are less likely to admit to involvement
in corrupt acts, and if the proportion of reticent
respondents varies across groups of interest, comparisons of
reported corruption across those groups can be misleading.
This paper implements a variant on random response
techniques that allows for identification of reticent
respondents in the World Bank s Enterprise Survey for
Nigeria fielded in 2008 and 2009. The authors find that 13.1
percent of respondents are highly likely to be reticent, and
that these reticent respondents admit to sensitive acts at a
significantly lower rate than possibly candid respondents
when survey questions are worded in a way that implies
personal wrongdoing on the part of the respondent. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Clausen, Bianca Kraay, Aart Murrell, Peter |
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Clausen, Bianca Kraay, Aart Murrell, Peter |
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Clausen, Bianca |
| title |
Does Respondent Reticence Affect the Results of Corruption Surveys?
Evidence from the World Bank Enterprise Survey for Nigeria |
| title_short |
Does Respondent Reticence Affect the Results of Corruption Surveys?
Evidence from the World Bank Enterprise Survey for Nigeria |
| title_full |
Does Respondent Reticence Affect the Results of Corruption Surveys?
Evidence from the World Bank Enterprise Survey for Nigeria |
| title_fullStr |
Does Respondent Reticence Affect the Results of Corruption Surveys?
Evidence from the World Bank Enterprise Survey for Nigeria |
| title_full_unstemmed |
Does Respondent Reticence Affect the Results of Corruption Surveys?
Evidence from the World Bank Enterprise Survey for Nigeria |
| title_sort |
does respondent reticence affect the results of corruption surveys?
evidence from the world bank enterprise survey for nigeria |
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2012 |
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