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Does social capital reduce entrepreneurs' petty corruption? Evidence across Indonesian regions

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  • Julien Hanoteau
  • Gandhi Pawitan
  • Virginie Vial

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Petty corruption is a barrier to entrepreneurship in emerging countries, justifying to investigate its determinants. Using data on 1,240 entrepreneurs across Indonesian regions, we analyse the effects of social capital. Two‐evel ordered probit regressions show that weak‐ties discourage entrepreneurs' bribing, strong‐ties encourage it, whereas this latter effect is moderated by the quality of access to formal credit. Bribing banks or turning to relatives for external funding are alternative solutions for entrepreneurs facing poor access to formal credit, a common feature in emerging countries, and the second solution is preferred given the risk and psychological costs of corruption. La pequeña corrupción es una barrera para el espíritu emprendedor empresarial en los países emergentes, lo que justifica que se investiguen sus factores determinantes. Este artículo analiza los efectos del capital social mediante el uso de datos de 1.240 empresarios de todas las regiones de Indonesia. Las regresiones de tipo probit ordenado de dos niveles muestran que las relaciones débiles desalientan el soborno de los empresarios, mientras que las fuertes lo fomentan, aunque este último efecto está moderado por la calidad del acceso al crédito formal. El soborno a los bancos o recurrir a los familiares para obtener financiación externa son las soluciones alternativas para los empresarios con un difícil acceso al crédito formal, una característica común en los países emergentes, por lo que prefieren la segunda solución, dado el riesgo y los costes psicológicos de la corrupción. 不正行為は新興国におけるアントレプレナーシップの障害であり、その決定要因を調査することを正当化する。インドネシア地域の1,240人の起業家のデータを用いて、社会資本の効果を分析した。2段階の順序プロビット回帰により、結びつきが弱い場合は起業家の賄賂は抑制され、結びつきが強いと助長されるが、後者の影響はフォーマルなクレジットへのアクセスのレベルによって抑制されることが示される。銀行に贈賄したり、外部資金を親戚に頼ったりすることは、フォーマルなクレジットへのアクセスに乏しい起業家が代替的に講じる解決策であり、新興国ではありふれていることであるが、汚職のリスクや心理的な損失を考えると、第2の解決策が好まれる

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  • Julien Hanoteau & Gandhi Pawitan & Virginie Vial, 2021. "Does social capital reduce entrepreneurs' petty corruption? Evidence across Indonesian regions," Papers in Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 100(3), pages 651-670, June.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:presci:v:100:y:2021:i:3:p:651-670
    DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12588
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