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“Assessing
the Effects of Corruption and Crime on Firm Performance:
Evidence from Latin America”.
Por: Alejandro Gaviria.
Introducción
This
paper uses a survey of private firms to assess
the effects of corruption on the economic prospects
of firms. The paper studies whether corruption
and crime affects sales, investment and employment
growth at the firm level, and whether bribes and
illegal payments by firms reduce bureaucratic
interference. The paper finds that corruption
and crime substantially reduce sales growth, and
that reported levels of corruption and bureaucratic
interferences are positively correlated at the
firm level. Overall, the results of the paper
suggest that corruption and crime substantially
reduce firm competitiveness and that corruption
is unlikely to have any positive effects .
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