Staff View: “Heard Melodies Are Sweet, but Those Unheard Are Sweeter” : Understanding Corruption Using Cross-National Firm-Level Surveys

“Heard Melodies Are Sweet, but Those Unheard Are Sweeter” : Understanding Corruption Using Cross-National Firm-Level Surveys

Since the early 1990s, a large number of studies have been undertaken to understand the causes and consequences of corruption. Many of these studies have employed firm-level survey data from various countries. While insightful, these analyses based...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Jensen, Nathan M., Li, Quan, Rahman, Aminur
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ADVISORY SERVICES ANTICORRUPTION BIASES BRIBE BRIBERY BRIBES BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CENSORSHIP CHARACTERISTICS OF BUSINESS OWNERS CIVIL LIBERTIES COLLABORATION COMPETITORS CONFIDENCE CORRUPT CORRUPTION DATA COLLECTION DEMOCRATIC COUNTRIES DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENTS DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC REFORM EMBEZZLEMENT EXCLUSION EXPENDITURE FEAR OF REPRISALS FIRMS FOREIGN FIRMS FOREIGN INVESTMENT FREE PRESS GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS GRAFT GRAND CORRUPTION INCOME INEQUALITY INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERVIEWS INVESTMENT DECISIONS KICKBACKS LEARNING NEPOTISM PRIVATE ENTERPRISE PRIVATE GAIN PRIVATE GAINS PROCUREMENT PUBLIC OFFICIAL PUBLIC OFFICIALS PUBLIC POLICY RECONSTRUCTION REPRESSION SMALL FIRM SMALL FIRMS SOURCE OF INFORMATION TAXATION TRANSPARENCY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/11/8788860/heard-melodies-sweet-unheard-sweeter-understanding-corruption-using-cross-national-firm-level-surveys http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7653

“Heard Melodies Are Sweet, but Those Unheard Are Sweeter” : Understanding Corruption Using Cross-National Firm-Level Surveys

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