The Silence of Corruption : Identifying Underreporting of Business Corruption through Randomized Response Techniques

Jensen, Nathan M. ; Rahman, Aminur

关键词: ACCOUNTABILITY;    ANTI-CORRUPTION;    ANTICORRUPTION;    BRIBE;    BRIBERY;   

DOI  :  10.1596/1813-9450-5696
RP-ID  :  WPS5696

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Research on the economic consequences ofcorruption has been hampered by the inability to directlymeasure corruption. Using an innovative methodology thatallows respondents to report individual experiences withcorruption while minimizing self-incrimination and anobjective diagnostic to evaluate lying (false responses),this paper explores the extent of business corruption inBangladesh. The analysis shows that traditional measures ofcorruption underreport the extent of business corruption inBangladesh and existing strategies to evaluate and elicittruthful responses have limited effectiveness. The authorsidentify the types of firms that are associated with falseresponses and nonresponses to survey questions on corruption.