Are Corruption and Taxation Really Harmful to Growth? Firm-Level Evidence

Are Corruption and Taxation Really Harmful to Growth? Firm-Level Evidence

Exploiting a unique data set containing information about the estimated bribe payments of Ugandan firms, the authors study the relationship between bribe payments, taxes, and firm growth in Uganda for the period 1995-97. Using industry-location ave...

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Main Authors: Fisman, Raymond, Svensson, Jakob
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
ABSOLUTE TERMS
ANNUAL GROWTH
ANNUAL GROWTH RATE
AVERAGE TAX RATES
BANKING SYSTEM
BRIBERY
BRIBES
CORRUPT OFFICIALS
CORRUPTION
CORRUPTION DATA
COUNTRY LEVEL
CRISES
DATA COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
DIRECT INVESTMENT
DISCRETION
ECONOMETRIC ISSUES
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC LITERATURE
ECONOMIC STUDIES
ECONOMICS
EMPIRICAL MODEL
EMPLOYMENT
ERROR TERM
EXPLANATORY VARIABLES
FIGHTING CORRUPTION
FOREIGN OWNERSHIP
GRAFT
GROWTH EQUATION
GROWTH RATE
GROWTH RATES
HIGH GROWTH
HUMAN CAPITAL
IMPROVING PRODUCTIVITY
INDEPENDENT VARIABLE
MANAGERS
MEASUREMENT ERROR
MEASUREMENT ERRORS
MEDIA
MISGOVERNANCE
NATIONAL INTEGRITY
NEGATIVE EFFECT
NEGATIVE IMPACT
POINT DECLINE
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLITICAL ECONOMY
PREFERENTIAL
PRIVATE SECTOR
PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE
PUBLIC OFFICIALS
PUBLIC SECTOR
RULE OF LAW
SAFETY
SAFETY NET
SHORT-RUN GROWTH
STANDARD DEVIATION
TAX RATES
TRANSITION COUNTRIES
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/11/729381/corruption-taxation-really-harmful-growth-firm-level-evidence
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19766

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/11/729381/corruption-taxation-really-harmful-growth-firm-level-evidence
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19766

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