Corruption, firm growth and export propensity in Kenya

Kimuyu, Peter

doi:10.1108/03068290710726748

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“…These include: different forms of corporate corrupt practices (Wu, 2009), the spread and dynamics of corporate corruption (Nieuwenboer and Kaptein, 2008), underlying institutional processes of corporate corruption (Richards et al, 2003), causes of corporate corruption (Trevino and Weaver, 2003;Ashforth and Anand, 2003;Vardi and Weitz, 2004;Fleming and Zyglidopoulos, 2008) and impacts of corporate corruption (Kimuyu, 2007). However, the focus of this current study is political corruption which has been described as the abuse or misuse of public offices, resources, obligations or duties for private (personal or sectional) gain (Szeftel, 1998;.…”

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Corruption, governance and economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: a need for the prioritisation of reform policies

Omoteso

Mobolaji

2014

Social Responsibility Journal

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Purpose -The general objective of this study is to investigate the impact of governance indices (especially control of corruption) on economic growth in some selected Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries for the period 2002 to 2009. Specifically, the study attempts to assess whether governance reforms (especially those relating to control of corruption) have any impact on the economic growth in SSA countries. It also examines whether simultaneous policy reforms have any impact on economic growth in the region.Design/Methodology/Approach -The governance indices used in this study were drawn from the PRS Group and the World Governance Indicators for the period of 2002 to 2009 while the real GDP per capita growth data were obtained from the World Bank Database. The study covered forty-seven Sub-Saharan African countries and it adopted the panel data framework, the fixed effect, the random effect and the maximum likelihood estimation techniques for the analyses.Findings -The study found that political stability and regulatory quality indices have growth enhancing features, as they impact on economic growth in the region significantly, while government effectiveness impacts negatively on the economic growth in the region. Despite several anti-corruption policies in the region, the impact of corruption control on economic growth is not very obvious. The study also found that simultaneous implementation of accountability and rule of law indicators has more positive impact on economic growth in the region. Both policies are complementary, and hence can be pursued simultaneously.Research Implications -The results suggest that reform efforts that aim at enhancing accountability, regulatory quality, political stability and the rule of law have more growth enhancing features and thus should be given more priority, than reform efforts that singly address the issue of control of corruption, since corruption in the region tends to be endemic, systemic and ubiquitous.Originality/Value -Many previous studies attempt to see the impact of corruption on economies, but this paper tries to assess the reform efforts, governance indices as they impact on economic growth in the most vulnerable region of the world, the Sub-Saharan Africa. Besides, the study adopts the panel data framework which makes it possible to allow for differences in the form of unobservable individual country effects. The use of this unique framework is uncommon in the current corruption-governance-growth literature.

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Corruption, governance and economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: a need for the prioritisation of reform policies

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Mobolaji

2014

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“…Picur and Riahi-Belkaoui (2006) found that tax compliance internationally is positively related to the successful control of corruption. Kimuyu (2007) found that not only does corruption undermine firm growth but also it reduces the propensity to export. Freckleton, Wright, and Craigwell (2011) found that in the cases of the developing economies, lower levels of corruption enhance the impact that Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has on economic growth.…”

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External Auditors and Corporate Corruption: Implications for External Audit Regulators

Kassem

Higson

2016

Current Issues in Auditing

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SUMMARY:The purpose of the current study is to examine the responsibility of external auditors in relation to corporate corruption and to highlight the implications of this for external audit regulators. The current study is based on a critical review of prior academic literature as well as a thorough examination of both the International and American Auditing Standards relating to fraud and illegal acts. External auditors have a responsibility for assessing corruption risks but their role was not clearly defined by external audit regulators. The current study was the first to clarify the responsibility of external auditors with regards to corporate corruption, and to shed light on current limitations in the audit standards related to this area. The current study also offers recommendations to audit regulators, external auditors, audit firms, and researchers on such controversial area.

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“…1216, resulting in the development of high levels of corruption prevalent in African public organizations (Ibeh, 1999;Kimuyu, 2007). Corruption, defined by Cuervo-Cazurra (2016, pp.…”

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Testing the self-selection theory in high corruption environments: evidence from African SMEs

Gomes

Vendrell‐Herrero

Mellahi

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This article is c Emerald Group Publishing and permission has been granted for this version to appear here (http://dro.dur.ac.uk/23861/). Emerald does not grant permission for this article to be further copied/distributed or hosted elsewhere without the express permission from Emerald Group Publishing Limited.Additional information: Use policyThe full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-prot purposes provided that:• a full bibliographic reference is made to the original source • a link is made to the metadata record in DRO • the full-text is not changed in any way The full-text must not be sold in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders.Please consult the full DRO policy for further details. Purpose: Whilst substantial evidence from low corruption, developed market environments supports the view that more productive firms are more likely to export, there has been little research into analysing the link between productivity and exports in high corruption, developing market environments. The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, to test the premise of selfselection theory whether the association between productivity and export is maintained in high corruption environments, and second to identify other variables explaining export activity in high corruption contexts, including cluster networks and firms' competences.Design/methodology/approach: The authors draw on the World Bank Enterprise survey to undertake a cross-section analysis including 1,233 SMEs located in nine African countries. The advantage of this database is that it contains information about the level of perceived corruption at firm-level. Logistic regressions are performed for the full sample and for subsamples of firms in high and low corruption environments.Findings: The findings demonstrate that the self-selection theory only applies to low corruption environments, whereas in high corruption environments, alternative factors such as cluster networks and outward looking competences, exert a stronger influence on the exporting activity of African SMEs. Research implications/limitations:This research contributes to theory as it provides evidence that contradicts the validity of self-selection theory in high corruption environments. Our findings would benefit from further longitudinal investigation. Practical implications:African SMEs need to consider cluster networks and outward looking competences as important strategic factors that might enhance their international competitiveness.Originality/value: Our criticism of the self-selection theory is distinctive in the literature and has important implications for future research. We show that the contextualisation of existing 2 theories matters and this opens a research avenue for further more sensitive contextualisation of existing theories in developing economies.

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Corruption, firm growth and export propensity in Kenya

Cited by 66 publications

References 17 publications

Corruption, governance and economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: a need for the prioritisation of reform policies

Corruption, governance and economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: a need for the prioritisation of reform policies

External Auditors and Corporate Corruption: Implications for External Audit Regulators

Testing the self-selection theory in high corruption environments: evidence from African SMEs

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