corruption on productivity. Corruption is defined as a “bribe tax” and is compared to another form of institutional inefficiency … their effects in the full sample, only the bribe tax appears to have a negative effect on firm-level productivity, while the … taxes, implying that bribing does not emerge as a second-best option to achieve higher productivity by helping circumvent …

corruption on productivity. Corruption is narrowly defined as the occurrence of informal payments to government officials to ease … the day-to-day operation of firms. The effects of this "bribe tax" on productivity are compared to the consequences of red … tax appears to have a negative impact on firm-level productivity, while the effect of the time tax is insignificant. At …

conditional on controlling for initial selection, the establishment of SEZs induced no further productivity gains for within SEZ … experienced significant productivity gains. However, SEZs created negative externalities for firms in the vicinity which attenuate …

productivity growth between Northern and Southern FDI, irrespective of how the latter is defined. We also find that employment …

productivity growth between Northern and Southern FDI, irrespective of how the latter is defined. However, we find that employment …

corruption on productivity. Corruption is defined as a 'bribe tax' and is compared to another form of institutional inefficiency … their effects in the full sample, only the bribe tax appears to have a negative effect on firm-level productivity, while the … taxes, implying that bribing does not emerge as a second-best option to achieve higher productivity by helping circumvent …