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http://dx.doi.org/10.13106/jafeb.2020.vol7.no5.259

The Effect of Bribery on Firm Innovation: An Analysis of Small and Medium Firms in Vietnam  

NGUYEN, Toan Ngoc (Institute of Economics, Ho Chi Minh Academy of Politics)
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The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business / v.7, no.5, 2020 , pp. 259-268 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study aims to provide empirical evidence on the causal relationship between bribery and firm innovation. To this end, we use a micro-dataset of small and medium firms in Vietnam surveyed in 2015. Given the binary nature of the dependent variable, a simple probit regression model is employed. However, as bribery variable is potentially endogenous, a simple probit regression may give biased estimates. We deal with the potential endogeneity by making use of the bivariate probit model. A property of the bivariate probit model is that it can produce efficient estimates of a typical probit model with endogenous binary explanatory variable. A Hausman-like likelihood ratio test is implemented following the estimation to test the existence of endogeneity. We find that bribery significantly undermines firm innovation. Also, firms run by household appear less innovative. The probability of innovation diminishes significantly if firm owners or managers have previous experience in firm products. As expected, larger firms seem to be more innovative. Exporters tend to be more innovative compared to non-exporters. Our findings provide support to the hypothesis that bribery is detrimental to firm innovation and, thus, innovation may be a mediating channel, through which, bribery impedes firm long-term performance.
Keywords
Bribery; Bivariate Probit Model; Firm Innovation; Sand the Wheels; Vietnam;
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