Tran Quang Tuyen; Vu Van Huong; Tinh, Doan Thanh; Hiep, … - In: Estudios de economía 43 (2016) 2, pp. 199-215
of corrupt activities on firm productivity in Vietnam. We found that the bribe intensity instead of whether firms bribed … state officials or not (measured by a dummy variable) has a negative effect on firm productivity when the endogeneity of … corruption and unobservable characteristics are controlled for. This finding contrasts to a popular belief about a paradox for …