New representative survey data for Harare, Zimbabwe are used to analyze the conditions under which informal businesses encounter requests for bribes. A simple model develops basic expectations of bribe exposure: those with higher opportunity costs of formalizing and with a higher ability to pay (resources) are expected to face a higher bribe risk. Empirical results find that informal businesses operating out of necessity are likelier to have a bribe...
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2019/06/26
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Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques
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WPS8918
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2019/06/26
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Disclosed
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Informality, Harassment, and Corruption : Evidence from Informal Enterprise Data from Harare, Zimbabwe
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informal business