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Role of institutions in the corruption and firm innovation nexus: evidence from former Soviet Union countries

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  • Elchin Aghazada
  • Gaygysyz Ashyrov

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In view of the missing consensus on how corruption relates to firm innovation, this paper empirically studies the relationship between petty corruption and product, process, marketing and organisational innovations in the former Soviet Union region. Exploiting cross-sectional firm-level data from the fifth round of the Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Survey, the paper argues that institutional context has utmost importance when approaching this link. Probit estimations for a full sample of former Soviet Union countries indicate a positive link between bribes and firm innovation. Considering variations in institutional development levels, the paper distinguishes three clusters of countries within the region with respect to the quality of institutional structures based on Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) data from the World Bank. The results reveal that the grease-the-wheel effect of bribery on firm innovation strongly remains in countries with weak institutional quality. To explore this link further, this paper made several additional estimations and robustness checks.

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  • Elchin Aghazada & Gaygysyz Ashyrov, 2022. "Role of institutions in the corruption and firm innovation nexus: evidence from former Soviet Union countries," Post-Communist Economies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 34(6), pages 779-806, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:pocoec:v:34:y:2022:i:6:p:779-806
    DOI: 10.1080/14631377.2021.2006495
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    1. Gaygysyz Ashyrov & Helery Tasane, 2024. "The roles of foreign and domestic ownership in the corruption–firm innovation nexus," Bulletin of Economic Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 76(1), pages 167-202, January.

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