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Experts’ perceptions versus firms’ experiences of corruption and foreign direct investment*

Gillanders, Robert ORCID: 0000-0001-9462-0005 and Parviainen, Sinikka (2017) Experts’ perceptions versus firms’ experiences of corruption and foreign direct investment*. The Manchester School, 86 (2). pp. 195-218. ISSN 1463-6786

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Abstract

This paper documents that standard measures of corruption based on the perceptions of experts and opinion surveys and measures based on the experiences of firms can in some cases lead to quite different conclusions as to how much of a problem corruption is in a country. We then show that while perceptions of corruption are significantly associated with the amount of foreign direct investment that a country attracts, the experience on the ground is not. We find some evidence that greenfield investment is significantly associated with the experience of corruption while mergers and acquisitions is driven by perceptions.

Item Type:Article (Published)
Refereed:Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:Corruption; Corruption Experiences; Corruption Perceptions; Foreign Direct Investment
Subjects:Business > Economics
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > DCU Business School
Publisher:Wiley
Official URL:https://doi.org/10.1111/manc.12199
Copyright Information:© 2017 The University of Manchester and John Wiley & Sons Ltd
ID Code:22330
Deposited On:18 Apr 2018 13:23 by Thomas Murtagh . Last Modified 31 Jul 2019 03:30

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