A neoschumpeterian review of the impact of corruption on competitiveness and foreign direct investment

In countries where the government encourages “donations” and “gifts” from private companies, FDI firms are more likely than their domestic counterparts to engage in corrupt forms of political influence, known as State Captures. Different types of foreign investors engage in particular types of corru...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Hegemann, Petra, Berumen, Sergio A.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/42931
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/42931
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:D70
D73
D74
Corruption
Competitiveness and FDI
Corrupción
Competitividad e inversión extranjera directa.
Microeconomía
5307.15 Teoría Microeconómica
Descripción
Sumario:In countries where the government encourages “donations” and “gifts” from private companies, FDI firms are more likely than their domestic counterparts to engage in corrupt forms of political influence, known as State Captures. Different types of foreign investors engage in particular types of corruption, depending on what competitive advantage they will get out of it. FDI firms with local partners are more likely to engage in State Capture. Larger multinational firms with headquarters overseas rely much less on State Capture, yet are more likely to resort to political corruption and bribery, Kickbacks, in their dealing with foreign governments. Though quite often, foreign direct investors might claim that they are specifically targeted for bribes by local governments, it has been found that there is no evidence that FDI firms pay higher overall bribes than domestic firms, even though they are more likely to engage in specific forms of corruption.