managers report that firms like theirs bribe to secure a public contract, paying about 8 % of the contract value. Econometric … associated with lower bribery. Larger and foreign-owned firms are less likely to bribe than smaller domestic ones. But among …

corruption, with little attention paid to the role played by firms. Consequently, the links between corporate governance and … Performance Survey (BEEPS) across 20 transition economies, providing an assessment of governance and corruption from the … survey design permits an in-depth empirical analysis of governance and corruption, unbundling governance into its component …

A number of popular notions and outright myths on governance and corruption are addressed in this chapter. We … distinguish clearly between governance and anti-corruption, while probing the links between both notions. In so doing we challenge … the conventional definition of corruption as being too narrow, legalistic and unduly focused on the public sector, while …

Across 69 countries, higher tax rates are associated with less unofficial activity as a percent of GDP but corruption … burden of bureaucracy and corruption. Dodging the "Grabbing Hand" in this way reduces tax revenues as a percent of both …

as rule of law, voice and accountability, corruption control, and state capture, we then provide evidence which suggests … and governance, in controlling corruption, and in improving institutional quality -- although there is clearly variance … within a country, in turn affecting governance and corruption, has often been under-emphasized in program design. These argue …

survey of enterprises carried out for the GCR, we find that firms from emerging economies single out corruption and excessive …

kickbacks, while paying a lower overall bribe burden than domestic firms; iii) FDI firms undertake those forms of corruption … unbundles corruption to measure different types of corrupt transactions and provide detailed information on the characteristics … and performance of firms, we find that: i) corruption reduces FDI inflows and attracts lower quality investment in terms …