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Firm Growth and Corruption: Empirical Evidence from Vietnam

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Bai, Jie; Jayachandran, Seema; Malesky, Edmund J.; Olken, Benjamin
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Abstract
This article tests whether firm growth reduces corruption, using data from over 10,000 Vietnamese firms. We employ instrumental variables based on growth in a firm's industry in other provinces within Vietnam and in China. We find that firm growth reduces bribes as a share of revenues. We propose a mechanism for this effect whereby government officials’ decisions about bribes are modulated by inter-jurisdictional competition. This mechanism also implies that growth reduces bribery more for more mobile firms; consistent with this prediction, we find a larger effect for firms with transferable rights to their land or operations in multiple provinces.
Date issued
2017-12
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/114047
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics
Journal
The Economic Journal
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Citation
Bai, Jie, Seema Jayachandran, Edmund J. Malesky, and Benjamin A. Olken. “Firm Growth and Corruption: Empirical Evidence from Vietnam.” The Economic Journal (December 13, 2017).
Version: Author's final manuscript
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0013-0133
1468-0297

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