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Do customs trade facilitation programmes help reduce customs-related corruption?
Michael, Bryane; Ferguson, Frank; Karimov, Alisher - 2012
Customs-related corruption costs World Customs Organisation (WCO) members at least $2 billion in customs revenue each … only help reduce corruption and improve efficiency - in a large number of customs agencies -- if the customs agency …'s director undertakes a big-bang approach to reform. We also find support for the corruption clubs theory - that customs agencies …
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A framework for transparency in international trade
Bernal Turnes, Paloma; Ernst, Ricardo - In: Investigaciones europeas de Dirección y Economía de … 21 (2015) 1, pp. 1-8
The aim of this paper is to cover the gap in literature about transparency in the context of international trade … facilitation. It focuses on the importance of transparency in achieving growth in international trade and the differences between … non-transparent practices and corruption in global trade. Managing the disclosure of information about rules, regulations …
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Trade Facilitation Costs and Corruption : Evidence from China
Cumming, Douglas J.; Ge, Ying - 2022
This paper focuses on a less-studied corruptive behavior hidden in trade facilitation costs. We use Chinese firm-level data to identify systematic variations in entertainment and travel costs (ETCs) across different trading markets and trading partners. We find that ETCs significantly increase...
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Corruption, Trade Costs and Gains from Tariff Liberalization : Evidence from Southern Africa
Sequeira, Sandra - 2021
primary data on firm behavior and bribe payments suggest that corruption is a potential explanation for the observed low … elasticities. In contexts of pervasive corruption, even small bribes can significantly reduce tariffs, making tariff liberalization …
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Infrastructure provision and Africa's trade and development prospects : potential role and relevance of The WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA)
Niggli, Nicholas C.; Osei-Lah, Kodjo - 2014 - Manuscript date: 30 October, 2014
Two issues stand out in this conversation. The first concerns the unfinished business of the global fight against the scourge of poverty, which impacts one region more than most: Africa. At the same time, a key pre-requisite for economic performance - affordable and efficient public...
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Do Customs Trade Facilitation Programmes Help Reduce Customs-Related Corruption?
Michael, Bryane; Ferguson, Frank; Karimov, Alisher - 2012
Customs-related corruption costs World Customs Organisation (WCO) members at least $2 billion in customs revenue each … only help reduce corruption and improve efficiency - in a large number of customs agencies - if the customs agency …'s director undertakes a big-bang approach to reform. We also find support for the corruption clubs theory - that customs agencies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014189284
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Corruption in customs
Chalendard, Cyril; Fernandes, Ana Margarida; Raballand, … - 2021
This paper presents a new methodology to detect corruption in customs and applies it to Madagascar’s main port … the approach, but also triggered a novel manifestation of manipulation that rejuvenated systemic corruption. Tax revenue … losses associated with the corruption scheme are approximately 3 percent of total taxes collected and highly concentrated …
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Containing tariff evasion
Anne, Clement; Chalendard, Cyril; Fernandes, Ana Margarida - 2023
To identify transactions at risk of tariff evasion, this paper matches export transaction data from France with import transaction data from Madagascar using container identifiers. Reporting discrepancies between exporters and importers are prevalent but small, with over two-fifths of importers...
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Improving the business climate in Russia
Radziwill, Artur; Vaziakova, Yana - 2015
corruption. Adverse interactions between politics, business and law enforcement generate obstacles for the rule of law and remain …
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Does Mother Nature Corrupt? Natural Resources, Corruption, and Economic Growth
Weidmann, Jens - 2021
factor in determining a country’s level of corruption. In a simple growth model, we illustrate the interrelationships between … natural resources, corruption, and economic growth, and discuss potential anti-corruption policies. We show that the extent of … corruption depends on natural resource abundance, government policies, and the concentration of bureaucratic power. Furthermore …
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