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Are new states more corrupt? Expert opinions vs. firms’ experiences

Adhikari, Tamanna, Breen, Michael orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-5857-9938 and Gillanders, Robert orcid logoORCID: 0000-0001-9462-0005 (2018) Are new states more corrupt? Expert opinions vs. firms’ experiences. Applied Economics Letters, 26 (2). pp. 131-134. ISSN 1350-4851

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We find that new states are perceived to be more corrupt even though businesses do not report more bribery in newer states. This is suggestive of an unearned, and likely high, reputational cost to being a new state. These findings hold over a number of specifications that include additional economic, historical, and geographic controls
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Item Type:Article (Published)
Refereed:Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:corruption; corruption perceptions; bribery; state age
Subjects:Social Sciences > Political science
Business > Economics
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Science > School of Law and Government
Publisher:Taylor & Francis
Official URL:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2018.1441500
Copyright Information:© 2018 Taylor & Francis
Use License:This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. View License
ID Code:22103
Deposited On:03 Nov 2017 11:55 by Michael Breen . Last Modified 29 Apr 2020 12:28
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