Bennedsen, Morten; Feldmann, Sven E.; Lassen, David Dreyer - Economic Policy Research Unit (EPRU), Økonomisk Institut - 2009
We use survey responses by firms to examine the firm-level determinants and effects of political influence, their perception of corruption and prevalence of bribe paying. We find that: (a) measures of political influence and corruption/bribes are uncorrelated at the firm level; (b) firms that...