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Doing the Survey Two-Step : The Effects of Reticence on Estimates of Corruption in Two-Stage Survey Questions

Karalashvili, Nona - 2017

This paper develops a structural approach for modeling how respondents answer survey questions and uses it to estimate … behavior biases down conventional estimates of corruption. The context is a common two-step survey question, first inquiring …

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Misunderestimating Corruption

Kraay, Aart - 2017

officials. Yet it is well known that survey respondents are reticent to tell the truth about activities to which social and … legal stigma are attached, implying a downward bias in survey-based estimates of corruption. This paper develops a method to … combination of conventional and random-response survey questions. The responses to these different types of questions reflect …

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Corruption, the Business Environment, and Small Business Growth in India

Mengistae, Taye - 2016

This paper estimates a dynamic business growth equation on a sample of small-scale manufacturers. The results suggest that excessive labor regulation, power shortages, and problems of access to finance are significant influences on industrial growth in India. The expected annual sales growth...

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Construction, Corruption, and Developing Countries

Kenny, Charles - 2016

The construction industry accounts for about one-third of gross capital formation. Governments have major roles as clients, regulators, and owners of construction companies. The industry is consistently ranked as one of the most corrupt: large payments to gain or alter contracts and circumvent...

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Measuring and Reducing the Impact of Corruption in Infrastructure

Kenny, Charles - 2016

petty rather than grand corruption. Existing survey evidence is more reliable, but limited in extent and still subject to …

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Utilities Reforms and Corruption in Developing Countries

Estache, Antonio - 2016

This paper shows empirically that privatization in the energy, telecommunications, and water sectors, and the introduction of independent regulators in those sectors, have not always had the expected effects on access, affordability, or quality of services. It also shows that corruption leads to...

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Does Greater Regulatory Burden Lead to More Corruption? Evidence Using Firm-Level Survey Data for Developing Countries

Amin, Mohammad - 2020

address these shortcomings using firm-level survey data for 131 mostly developing countries on the experiences of the firms …

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Asymmetric Punishment as an Instrument of Corruption Control

Basu, Karna - 2017

The control of bribery is a policy objective in many developing countries. It has been argued that asymmetric punishments could reduce bribery by incentivizing whistle-blowing. This paper investigates the role played by asymmetric punishment in a setting where bribe size is determined by Nash...

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Admission is Free Only If Your Dad is Rich! Distributional Effects of Corruption in Schools in Developing Countries

Emran, M. Shahe - 2017

In the standard model of corruption, the rich are more likely to pay bribes for their children's education, reflecting higher ability to pay. This prediction is, however, driven by the assumption that the probability of punishment for bribe-taking is invariant across households. In many...

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Enrichment with Growth

Klein, Michael U. - 2017

This essay first sets out the "business model" problems entailed by corruption and their effects as well as implications for economic growth. Key issues are the need for secrecy and co-operation with partners in crime. Dealing with these leads to behavior which is ostensibly bizarre and...

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