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Innovation and Perceived Corruption: A Firm-Level Analysis for India

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  • Dutta, Nabamita
  • Kar, Saibal
  • Beladi, Hamid

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Do perceived obstacles about corruption matter for Indian firms when it comes to their probability to innovate? Using World Bank Enterprise Survey firm-level data, we show that a unit rise in corruption perception of firms in India lowers innovation rate by about 1 percent. The result is important in terms of policy implementation because recent studies have shown that perceived obstacles can affect firms’ probability to innovate. Such analysis is missing in the Indian context where both big and petty corruption is rampant. Our results further show that perceptions about financial barriers matter only when firms also view corruption to be bad. Perceived difficulty in accessing credit in conjunction with corruption perception lowers probability of innovation by 4 percent. This is also true for nonfinancial perceived obstacles of firms. The results remain robust to alternate identification strategies.

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  • Dutta, Nabamita & Kar, Saibal & Beladi, Hamid, 2022. "Innovation and Perceived Corruption: A Firm-Level Analysis for India," Business and Politics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 24(2), pages 151-170, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:buspol:v:24:y:2022:i:2:p:151-170_3
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    1. Dutta, Nabamita & Kar, Saibal & Ray, Shaswata, 2022. "Human Capital and Self-Employment in India: An Empirical Analysis for Different Cohorts," IZA Discussion Papers 15825, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    2. Dutta, Nabamita & Kar, Saibal & Stivers, Adam, 2023. "Does Economic Freedom Moderate Perceived Corruption for Firms in India?," IZA Discussion Papers 16484, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).

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