Economic uncertainty and corruption: Evidence from public and private firms

Mansoor Afzali, Gonul Colak*, Mengchuan Fu

*Huvudförfattare för detta arbete

Forskningsoutput: TidskriftsbidragArtikelVetenskapligPeer review

22 Citeringar (Scopus)

Sammanfattning

We study the influence of policy uncertainty on the moral behavior of firms. When facing uncertainty, managers perceive various socioeconomic obstacles as more severe and disruptive to their business. Using data from policy uncertainty spouts in 93 countries, we document that some firms engage in norm-deviant behavior by cheating on taxes and paying more bribes. While private firms prefer to cheat on taxes, public firms choose bribery as a favorite tool to “grease the wheels” during periods of uncertainty. Strong social capital (local trust and religiosity) breaks this link between uncertainty and corruption.
OriginalspråkEngelska
Artikelnummer100936
Referentgranskad vetenskaplig tidskriftJournal of Financial Stability
Volym57
Antal sidor21
ISSN1572-3089
DOI
StatusPublicerad - 01.12.2021
MoE-publikationstypA1 Originalartikel i en vetenskaplig tidskrift

Nyckelord

  • 511 Nationalekonomi
  • 517 Statsvetenskap

Fingeravtryck

Fördjupa i forskningsämnen för ”Economic uncertainty and corruption: Evidence from public and private firms”. Tillsammans bildar de ett unikt fingeravtryck.

Citera det här