Jensen, Nathan M.Rahman, Aminur2012-03-192012-03-192011-06-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/3459Research on the economic consequences of corruption has been hampered by the inability to directly measure corruption. Using an innovative methodology that allows respondents to report individual experiences with corruption while minimizing self-incrimination and an objective diagnostic to evaluate lying (false responses), this paper explores the extent of business corruption in Bangladesh. The analysis shows that traditional measures of corruption underreport the extent of business corruption in Bangladesh and existing strategies to evaluate and elicit truthful responses have limited effectiveness. The authors identify the types of firms that are associated with false responses and nonresponses to survey questions on corruption.CC BY 3.0 IGOACCOUNTABILITYANTI-CORRUPTIONANTICORRUPTIONBRIBEBRIBERYBRIBESBUSINESS COMMUNITYBUSINESS TAXESCAPITAL FLOWSCLAIMCOLLUSIONCONFIDENCECORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITYCORRUPTCORRUPT ACTSCORRUPTIONCORRUPTION LAWSCORRUPTION PERCEPTIONCORRUPTION PERCEPTION INDEXCORRUPTION PERCEPTIONSCORRUPTION RESEARCHCRIMINALCRIMINAL SANCTIONSDEPENDENTDESCRIPTIVE STATISTICSECONOMIC POLICYEXCHANGE RATEEXTORTIONFINANCIAL CRISISFIRM PERFORMANCEFOREIGN CORRUPT PRACTICESFOREIGN CORRUPT PRACTICES ACTFOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTFOREIGN INVESTMENTFOREIGN INVESTORSGLOBAL GOVERNANCEGOVERNMENT CORRUPTIONGOVERNMENT OFFICIALGOVERNMENT OFFICIALSINCOMEINSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENTINTEREST RATEINTERNATIONAL BUSINESSINTERVIEWSINVESTMENT CLIMATELARGE FIRMLEARNINGLIENMEASUREMENT OF CORRUPTIONMEDIAMEDIA COVERAGEMEDIA FREEDOMMINISTERMULTINATIONALMULTINATIONALSOWNERSHIP STRUCTUREPOLICEPOLICE OFFICERPRIVATIZATIONPUBLIC OFFICIALPUBLIC OFFICIALSRECONSTRUCTIONRULE OF LAWRULING PARTYSAMPLE SIZESELF-INTERESTSOCIAL RESPONSIBILITYTRANSITION ECONOMIESTRANSPARENCYWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-5696