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Informality, harassment, and corruption : evidence from informal enterprise data from Harare, Zimbabwe
Francis, David - 2019
New representative survey data for Harare, Zimbabwe are used to analyze the conditions under which informal businesses encounter requests for bribes. A simple model develops basic expectations of bribe exposure: those with higher opportunity costs of formalizing and with a higher ability to pay...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012058971
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Big constraints to small firms’ growth? : business environment and employment growth across firms
Aterido, Reyes; Hallward-Driemeier, Mary; Pagés, Carmen - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003916561
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Are innovating firms victims or perpetrators? : tax evasion, bribe payments, and the role of external finance in developing countries
Ayyagari, Meghana; Demirgüç-Kunt, Asli; Maksimovic, … - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008662960
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Markets and manipulation : time for a paradigm shift?
Basu, Kaushik - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011551343
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The third function of law is to transform cultural categories
Hoff, Karla Ruth; Walsh, James - 2019
How does law change society? In the rational actor model, law affects behavior only by changing incentives and information-the command and coordination function of law. Under the view that humans are social animals, law is also a guidepost for social norms that regulate behavior-the expressive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012113916
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How (not) to fix problems that matter : assessing and responding to Malawi's history of institutional reform
Bridges, Kate; Woolcock, Michael - 2017
Malawi can be understood as a microcosm of institutional reform approaches in developing countries more broadly. A common feature of such approaches, whether implemented by government or donors, is reform initiatives that yield institutions that "look like" those found in higher-performing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011794688
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Corruption and country size : evidence using firm-level survey data
Amin, Mohammed; Yew Chong Soh - 2019
What sorts of conditions make some countries more prone to corruption than the others? This is an important question … for understanding how corruption arises and how to combat it. The present paper attempts to answer this question by … exploring the link between the size of the country and corruption. Economic theory suggests advantages and disadvantages of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012051811
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Female business leaders, business and cultural environment, and productivity around the world
Fang, Sheng; Goh, Chorching; Roberts, Mark; Xu, Lixin Colin - 2020
Studies of female business leaders and economic performance are rarely conducted with worldwide observational data, and with considerations on the underlying cultural, institutional, and business environment. This paper uses worldwide, firm-level data from more than 100 countries to study how...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012241361
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Up before dawn : experimental evidence from a cross-border trader training at the Democratic Republic of Congo–Rwanda border
Croke, Kevin; García Mora, María Elena; Goldstein, … - 2020
-border traders - many of whom are women - face harassment and corruption, which can undermine these potential gains. This paper … procedures, tariffs, and rights to small-scale traders to facilitate border crossings, lower corruption, and reduce gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012228426
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Digital innovation in East Asia : restrictive data policies matter?
Ferracane, Martina Francesca; Van der Marel, Erik - 2020
Digital technologies encourage companies to innovate with new processes, goods, and services, which ultimately enhance their competitiveness in local and global markets. This paper analyzes whether a wide set of data restrictions are negatively associated with digital innovation of firms. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012228428