Does corruption increase or decrease employment in firms?

Beltrán, Arlette

doi:10.1080/13504851.2015.1076137

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“…As a solution, we employ region–sector–size averages as benchmark firm‐specific instruments. This approach, which has been introduced by Friedman () and reviewed by Angrist and Krueger (), is a widely recognized practice in the literature (Amissah & Stack, ; Ayyagari et al., ; Beltrán, ; De Rosa, Gooroochurn, & Görg, ; De Waldemar, ; Desai & Olofsgård, ; Fisman & Svensson, ) to address endogeneity problems when using perception based measures as explanatory variables. In taking grouped averages, it is unlikely that a firm's individual performance affects the perception of other companies within the same group (region–sector–size), implying that the “direction of causality is likely to run from the average obstacles to individual firms, not vice versa” (Ayyagari et al., , p. 499); satisfying the exclusion restriction assumption.…”

Section: The Most Damaging Constraint To Firm Growthmentioning

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The microeconomic impact of political instability: Firm‐level evidence from Tunisia

Matta

Appleton

Bleaney

2018

Review Development Economics

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This paper explores the impact of political instability on firms in the context of Tunisia, which experienced a surge in political instability events after the 2011 Jasmine revolution. Using a new dataset, we show that political instability was a major concern for small and exporting firms as well as those that were operating in the tourism sector, those that suffered from acts of vandalism or arson, and those that were located in the interior region of Tunisia. More importantly, we find strong evidence that political instability was the most damaging constraint to firm growth in Tunisia after the Arab Spring. wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/rodeRev Dev Econ. 2018;22:1590-1619. | DATA AND DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICSThis section introduces the dataset and analyzes descriptively the business environment constraints to Tunisian firms. In this study, we use the 2013 Tunisian Enterprise Survey (TES), which was MATTA | 1591

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Section: The Most Damaging Constraint To Firm Growthmentioning

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The microeconomic impact of political instability: Firm‐level evidence from Tunisia

Matta

Appleton

Bleaney

2018

Review Development Economics

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“…Public awareness of environmental problems (Gifford and Nilsson, 2014) is another important factor influencing perceptions regarding businesses, as it affects attitudes and skills among members of the local community and other stakeholders (Frank et al, 2017). The economic relationship between firms and communities can influence local perceptions for enterprises especially considering their impact on employment rates (Beltran, 2016). As regards demographic factors, previous studies have revealed that educational level is a significant parameter as those with higher education tend to be more aware of environmental issues (Chawla and Cushing, 2007;Read et al, 1994).…”

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Community perceptions of local enterprises in environmentally degraded areas

Proikaki

Nikolaou

Jones

et al. 2018

Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics

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Local enterprises can play a key role in the economic development of communities in which they are situated but simultaneously, they are often a contributor to negative impacts on the natural environment. Several studies have highlighted the importance of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities in order to strike a balance between socioeconomic and environmental impacts in such communities. However, there is very limited literature exploring community perceptions of local businesses. We consider this to be a key topic as such information can be used in order to develop socioeconomic and environmental policies based on the principles of sustainable development. In this paper, the results of an empirical study examining local community perceptions of business activities are presented and also perceptions regarding the contribution of firms, through CSR actions, to environmental quality restoration. The empirical study was conducted in communities located in the environmentally degraded area of the Asopos river in Greece.

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“…The effect of corruption on firms (Shleifer and Vishny 1994), (Acemoglu & Verdier, 2000), (SimeonDjankov et al 2003), (Svensson 2003), (Faccio 2006), (Goel, Budak, and Rajh 2014), (Beltrán 2015), (Dove 2017).…”

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Corruption in economics: a bibliometric analysis and research agenda

Bahoo

Alon

Floreani

2020

Applied Economics Letters

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We conducted a bibliometric analysis of the literature on corruption in the discipline of economics (4,488 articles) over the past 51 years between 1968-2019. Through this methodology, we identified seven research streams: (1) the economic framework of crime and corruption, (2) the legal institutions and corruption, (3) the effect of corruption on aspects of national economics, (4) the combating and monitoring of corruption, (5) the determinants of corruption, (6) political institutions and corruption, and ( 7) the effect of corruption on firms. In addition to these research clusters, we also identified the key journals, articles, countries, institutions, authors, data sources, measurements, theoretical frameworks, and networks dealing with this issue. Finally, we suggested 20 future research questions.

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Does corruption increase or decrease employment in firms?

Cited by 24 publications

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The microeconomic impact of political instability: Firm‐level evidence from Tunisia

The microeconomic impact of political instability: Firm‐level evidence from Tunisia

Community perceptions of local enterprises in environmentally degraded areas

Corruption in economics: a bibliometric analysis and research agenda

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