What Drives Corruption? Evidence from North African Firms

dc.creatorDelavallade, Clara
dc.date2012-12-03T12:07:20Z
dc.date2012-12-03T12:07:20Z
dc.date2011-09
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-28T10:05:09Z
dc.date.available2015-05-28T10:05:09Z
dc.date.issued2015-05-28
dc.descriptionThis paper empirically analyzes the main microeconomic determinants of two forms of corruption supply, administrative corruption and state capture, by Maghrebi firms. This study is based on a new database of nearly 600 Algerian, Moroccan and Tunisian firms. I show that tax evasion is a major factor in the engagement of firms in administrative corruption. The latter increases with the share of sales hidden by the firm as long as it is below half of total sales, and slightly decreases thereafter. State capture is fostered by a failing enforcement of property and contract rights. Interestingly, less competitive firms appear to engage more in both forms of corruption than the most dynamic ones. After assessing the robustness of my empirical results, I draw a comparison of the factors of corruption in North Africa, Uganda and transition countries.
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11090/67
dc.identifier.ris TY - Report DA - 2015-05-28 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Firms KW - Supply of Corruption KW - Administrative Corruption KW - State Capture KW - Tax Evasion KW - Competitiveness KW - North Africa LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2015 T1 - What Drives Corruption? Evidence from North African Firms TI - What Drives Corruption? Evidence from North African Firms UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11090/67 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11090/67
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSouthern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit
dc.publisher.departmentSALDRUen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subjectFirms
dc.subjectSupply of Corruption
dc.subjectAdministrative Corruption
dc.subjectState Capture
dc.subjectTax Evasion
dc.subjectCompetitiveness
dc.subjectNorth Africa
dc.titleWhat Drives Corruption? Evidence from North African Firms
dc.typeReport
uct.type.publicationResearchen_ZA
uct.type.resourceSALDRU Reporten_ZA
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