This paper investigates how corruption affects firm behavior. Using an original and unusually rich dataset on bribe … payments at ports matched to firm-level data, we observe how firms adapt to different types of corruption by adjusting their … transport strategies. Our results suggest that firms respond to the price effects of corruption, organizing production in a way …

protection (with corruption as an element), access to finance and infrastructure, and the existence of a strong agglomeration …

financial, legal, and corruption problems on firm size. Data are taken from a size-stratified survey of over 4,000 firms in 54 … countries.The questions sought to identify obstacles to firm performance and growth internationally. The World Business … Environment Survey is used to identify the level of financing, legal and corruption obstacles in each country.An attempt is made …