corruption, may affect the access to credit for micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs). Using a sample of 68 …-2014, we investigate whether the level of corruption affects their demand for bank loans. Overall, we find that the degree of … corruption seems to play a role in the applications for bank loans when small firms are under investigation. Interestingly …

This paper adds to the recent literature on firm-level corruption by relying on rich data including detailed … large and significant positive association between corruption and firm performance. We further show that the type of bribe …

presence of a discriminating inefficient business ecosystem, women entrepreneurs use non-market strategies such as corruption … to alter decisions in their favour. Thus, an effort to reduce corruption at an immature stage, when these societal …