Evidence on corruption as an incentive for foreign direct investment

By Peter H. Egger, Hannes Winner. 2005

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Subfields: Information Systems, Sociology and Political Science, Strategy and Management

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The effect of corruption on FDI:a parametric and non-parametric analysis (2012, methodology): “Earlier empirical studies such as Wheeler and Mody (1992), Drabek and Payne (2001), Egger and Winner (2005, 2006) and Busse and Hefeker (2007) analysed the impact of corruption on the 3 level of FDI without controlling for the host country selection process of the MNEs.”
Tax Capacity and Growth: Is There a Tipping Point? (2016, positive): “Nevertheless, the authors find that the pull effect of corruption on foreign direct investment is declining as other factors, such as market size, rise in importance (Egger and Winner 2005a).”
Greasing the Wheels of Change: Bribery, Institutions, and New Product Introductions in Emerging Markets (2019, methodology): “Building on these rationales, prior studies have provided empirical evidence for this “greasing” hypothesis in the case of economic growth (Mendez & Sepulveda, 2006), foreign investments (Egger & Winner, 2005), and productivity (Méon & Weill, 2010).”
Does Political Corruption Impede Firm Innovation? Evidence from the United States (2019, background): “Firms may also bribe to build political connections, which can bring long-term benefits (Fisman (2001), Faccio et al. (2006), and Goldman et al.”
Whither Corruption? A Quantitative Survey of the Literature on Corruption and Growth (2010, background): “Numerous examples support this view, showing that in highly restrictive regulatory environments, corruption can enhance economic growth by stimulating entrepreneurship and efficiency (De Soto, 1990; Egger and Winner, 2005; Levy, 2007).”
Corruption Distance and FDI Flows into Latin America (2015, background): “Furthermore, other authors have actually found that corruption can be positive as it facilitates transactions in countries with too many regulations (Leff, 1964; Huntington, 1968; Egger & Winner, 2005).”
Corruption, Growth and Political Regimes: Cross Country Evidence (2006, background): “At the same time, we expand the typical econometric specification by including a quadratic term for corruption that allows a 1 Egger and Winner (2005) however find empirical support for a positive relation between corruption and foreign investment.”
Corruption, Institutions, and Economic Development (2009, background): “For example, Egger and Winner (2005, p. 949) conclude”