Corruption, Growth, and Governance: Private vs. State-Owned Firms in Vietnam

43 Pages Posted: 8 May 2010

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Thuy Thu Nguyen

Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Rotterdam School of Management, Department of Finance; Business Administration Faculty, Foreign Trade University

Mathijs A. van Dijk

Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR)

Date Written: May 4, 2010

Abstract

We provide a firm-level analysis of the relation between corruption and growth for private firms and state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in Vietnam. We obtain three different measures of the perceived corruption severity from a 2005 survey among 741 private firms and 133 SOEs. Our analysis shows that corruption hampers the growth of Vietnam’s private sector, but is not detrimental for growth in the state sector. We document significant differences in the corruption severity across 24 provinces in Vietnam that can be explained by the quality of provincial public governance (such as the costs of new business entry, land access, and private sector development policies). Our results suggest that improving the quality of local public governance can help to mitigate corruption and stimulate economic growth.

Keywords: Corruption, growth, governance, private firms, state-owned enterprises

JEL Classification: O10, H70, P37

Suggested Citation

Nguyen, Thuy Thu and van Dijk, Mathijs A., Corruption, Growth, and Governance: Private vs. State-Owned Firms in Vietnam (May 4, 2010). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1600620 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1600620

Thuy Thu Nguyen

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Mathijs A. Van Dijk (Contact Author)

Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) ( email )

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