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Corruption in the Informal Sector: Evidence from West Africa

Lavallée, Emmanuelle; Roubaud, François (2019), Corruption in the Informal Sector: Evidence from West Africa, The Journal of Development Studies, 55, 6, p. 1067-1080. 10.1080/00220388.2018.1438597

Type
Article accepté pour publication ou publié
Date
2019
Journal name
The Journal of Development Studies
Volume
55
Number
6
Publisher
Frank Cass
Pages
1067-1080
Publication identifier
10.1080/00220388.2018.1438597
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Author(s)
Lavallée, Emmanuelle
Laboratoire d'Economie de Dauphine [LEDa]
Roubaud, François
Laboratoire d'Economie de Dauphine [LEDa]
Abstract (FR)
Cet article analyse à partir de données originales les causes et les conséquences de la corruption dans le secteur informel en Afrique de l’Ouest. Il étudie les déterminants et l’ampleur des pots-de-vin payés. Les résultats montrent que les mécanismes en jeu dans l’informel ne sont pas différents de ceux prévalant dans le secteur formel. En ce qui concerne l’impact de la corruption sur les performances des entreprises, cet article met en évidence que la corruption augmente les performances des entreprises, mais que ce résultat est dû à une seule catégorie d’entreprises informelles : les « constrained gazelles ».
Abstract (EN)
Using a unique dataset, this paper analyses the causes and impacts of bribery in the informal sector in West Africa. It investigates the determinants of the incidence of bribery and the magnitude of the bribes actually paid. Our results show that the mechanisms at play are no different than those found for the formal sector by other authors. With respect to the impacts of corruption on a firm’s performance, our findings show that experience of corruption increases business performance, but that this effect is driven by just one category of informal firm: constrained gazelles.
Subjects / Keywords
corruption; Microeconomic Analyses; Economic Development; Informal sector
JEL
O12 - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
D73 - Bureaucracy; Administrative Processes in Public Organizations; Corruption
O17 - Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
O55 - Africa

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