Corruption, concurrence et développement : une analyse économétrique à l’échelle des entreprises

Competition is often presented as a good way to fight against corruption. However, no theoretical or empirical study allows us to conclude that an increase in competition reduces corruption. This article uses surveys of more than 10,000 firms in 80 countries to analyse the links between corruption and inter-firm competition. Our results show that it is not the intensity of competition but rather its nature that influences the probability of corruption. They also shed light on significant differences in the factors explaining the use of corruption between developing and developed countries in particular as far as the competition of legal imports is concerned.