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Local governance quality and law compliance: The case of Mozambican firms

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  • Hanna Berkel
  • Christian Estmann
  • John Rand

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Using panel data of manufacturing enterprises in Mozambique between 2012 and 2017, we investigate how changes in perceived quality of governance are related to firms' law compliance. Controlling for firm-level unobserved heterogeneity, we look at three aspects of governance and their components: transparency, security, and infrastructure. We examine which of these have the potential to alter firm compliance behaviour. We find that enterprises' perceptions of transparency are key to law abidance.

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  • Hanna Berkel & Christian Estmann & John Rand, 2021. "Local governance quality and law compliance: The case of Mozambican firms," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2021-127, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    • Handle: RePEc:unu:wpaper:wp-2021-127
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    1. Hanna Berkel, 2025. "Why Formality Does Not Always Benefit Firms. Learning from Mozambique," The European Journal of Development Research, Palgrave Macmillan;European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), vol. 37(4), pages 721-764, August.
    2. Elisabeth Zafra-Gómez & Lorena Márquez-Arenas & María Angustias Navarro-Ruiz & Pablo Povedano-Fernández & Jose Luis Zafra-Gómez, 2025. "Comparative Approach to Municipal Transparency: Which Index Best Assesses Compliance in Spain?," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 17(5), pages 1-25, February.
    3. Tolu Olarewaju & Jagannadha Pawan Tamvada & Sharin McDowall-Emefiele & Raymond Swaray, 2025. "Perception of corruption as a business obstacle, generalized trust and relation centrism in low- and middle-income nations: the moderating influence of governance," Review of Managerial Science, Springer, vol. 19(6), pages 1599-1635, June.

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    • D22 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis
    • D23 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Organizational Behavior; Transaction Costs; Property Rights
    • K22 - Law and Economics - - Regulation and Business Law - - - Business and Securities Law
    • O55 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Africa
    • P16 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Capitalist Economies - - - Capitalist Institutions; Welfare State

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