TY - JOUR
T1 - Determinants of Bribery
T2 - Theory and Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
AU - Pelizzo, Riccardo
AU - Araral, Eduardo
AU - Pak, Anton
AU - Xun, Wu
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 The Authors. African Development Review © 2016 African Development Bank
Copyright:
Copyright 2017 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2016/6/1
Y1 - 2016/6/1
N2 - The paper investigates the determinants of bribery in sub-Saharan Africa by using probit models and data from the World Bank's Enterprise Survey of 10,457 firms in 30 countries in sub-Saharan Africa from 2009 to 2013. By doing so we find that securing a government contract is the most significant motivation for bribery and that overall, the propensity to bribe depends on the size of the firm as well as the predictability of the regulatory environment. Our findings have similarities and differences compared to Asian firms. The paper also highlights that the incidence and the determinants of bribery vary across the four sub-regions. On the basis of this evidence we suggest that when it comes to anti-corruption strategies, one size does not fit all and that country-specific and region-specific strategies should be adopted to address context-specific needs and conditions.
AB - The paper investigates the determinants of bribery in sub-Saharan Africa by using probit models and data from the World Bank's Enterprise Survey of 10,457 firms in 30 countries in sub-Saharan Africa from 2009 to 2013. By doing so we find that securing a government contract is the most significant motivation for bribery and that overall, the propensity to bribe depends on the size of the firm as well as the predictability of the regulatory environment. Our findings have similarities and differences compared to Asian firms. The paper also highlights that the incidence and the determinants of bribery vary across the four sub-regions. On the basis of this evidence we suggest that when it comes to anti-corruption strategies, one size does not fit all and that country-specific and region-specific strategies should be adopted to address context-specific needs and conditions.
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U2 - 10.1111/1467-8268.12192
DO - 10.1111/1467-8268.12192
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84978066100
SN - 1017-6772
VL - 28
SP - 229
EP - 240
JO - African Development Review
JF - African Development Review
IS - 2
ER -