De Rosa, Donato; Gooroochurn, Nishaal; Görg, Holger - 2010
corruption on productivity. Corruption is defined as a “bribe tax” and is compared to another form of institutional inefficiency …, which is often believed to be closely linked with corruption: the “time tax” imposed on firms by red tape. When testing … cumbersome bureaucratic requirements. When the sample is split between EU and non-EU countries, the time tax turns out to have a …