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Publication date: 11 February 2020

Sani Abubakar Saddiq and Abu Sufian Abu Bakar

The purpose of this paper is to empirically test persistence of bribery transactions in West African countries in spite of combative policy measures put in place by various…

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Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to empirically test persistence of bribery transactions in West African countries in spite of combative policy measures put in place by various governments in the sub-continent.

Design/methodology/approach

Data for this paper is obtained from the data set of Trace International’s Bribery Risk Matrix covering 2016 to 2018. The matrix is used to allow firms to determine risks associated with contact with government officials in a particular country. The data set is used to test this paper’s hypotheses. The generalize methods of moments (GMM) was used to estimate panel data of 16 West African Countries in STATA 14.0.

Findings

The result of the estimations reveals that in spite of combative policy measures put in place and millions of dollars spent, bribery is on the increase in West African countries.

Originality/value

Prior studies tend to focus on prevalence and pervasiveness of bribery transactions across the globe. This paper is one of the few that focuses on persistence of bribery particularly in West African countries.

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Journal of Financial Crime, vol. 27 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1359-0790

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Publication date: 2 July 2019

Sani Abubakar Saddiq and Abu Sufian Abu Bakar

The purpose of the study is to investigate the impact of economic and financial crimes on the economies of emerging and developing countries.

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Purpose

The purpose of the study is to investigate the impact of economic and financial crimes on the economies of emerging and developing countries.

Design/methodology/approach

Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic review and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) guidelines and meta-analysis of economics research reporting guidelines were used to conduct a quantitative synthesis of empirical evidence on the impact of economic and financial crimes in developing and emerging countries.

Findings

A total of 103 studies were searched, out of which 6 met the selection/eligibility criteria of this systematic review. The six selected studies indicated that economic and financial crimes have a negative impact in emerging and developing countries.

Originality/value

To the best knowledge of the authors, no published systematic review of the impact of economic and financial crimes in developing countries has been conducted to date.

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Journal of Financial Crime, vol. 26 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1359-0790

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