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Politicians doing business : evidence from Mozambique
Jones, Sam; Schilling, Felix; Tarp, Finn - 2025
We link a new database of politically exposed persons with the complete register of firms established in Mozambique since Independence. Focusing on the network of connections between firm owners, we use a generalized event study analysis to show that holders of political office achieve...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015423440
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Corruption and the efficiency of capital investment in developing countries
O'Toole, Conor; Tarp, Finn - In: Journal of international development : the journal of … 26 (2014) 5, pp. 567-597
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011292502
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Corruption and the Efficiency of Capital Investment in Developing Countries
Tarp, Finn - 2014
This paper considers the effect of corruption on the efficiency of capital investment. Using firm-level level data from … the World Bank enterprise surveys, covering 90 developing and transition economies, we consider whether the cost of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013040315
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Corruption and the Efficiency of Capital Investment in Developing Countries
O'Toole, Conor - 2014
This paper considers the effect of corruption on the efficiency of capital investment. Using firm-level level data from … the World Bank enterprise surveys, covering 90 developing and transition economies, we consider whether the cost of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013040375
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Doing business while holding public office : evidence from Mozambique's firm registry
Jones, Sam; Schilling, Felix; Tarp, Finn - 2021
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012939951
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China : structural change, transition, rent-seeking and corruption, and government policy
Li, Shi; Sicular, Terry; Tarp, Finn - In: Inequality in the developing world, (pp. 133-156). 2021
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012506776
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Corruption and the efficiency of capital investment in developing countries
O'Toole, Conor; Tarp, Finn - 2012
This paper considers the effect of corruption on the effciency of capital investment. Using firm-level level data from … the World Bank enterprise surveys, covering 90 developing and transition economies, we consider whether the cost of …-sized enterprises. -- corruption ; efficiency ; rent-seeking ; capital investment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009508596
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Financial liberalization, financial development and economic growth in LDCs
Barnebeck Andersen, Thomas; Tarp, Finn - In: Journal of international development : the journal of … 15 (2003) 2, pp. 189-209
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001740282
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Financial Liberalization, Financial Development and Economic Growth in LDCs
Tarp, Finn - 2014
The objective of this paper is to survey what is actually known about the finance-growth relationship based on theory and empirical work. We point out that traditional theoretical models linking financial development and economic growth do not pay sufficient attention to insights emerging from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013040218
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Corruption and the efficiency of capital investment in developing countries
O'Toole, Conor M.; Tarp, Finn - 2012
This paper considers the effect of corruption on the effciency of capital investment. Using firm-level level data from … the World Bank enterprise surveys, covering 90 developing and transition economies, we consider whether the cost of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319956