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JED, Vol. 18, No.3, December 2016, pp. 5-29 | DOI: 10.33301/2016.18.03.01

The Effect of Taxation and Corruption on Firm Growth: An Empirical Investigation for Vietnam

Le Thi Ngoc Bich

Abstract:The aim of this study is to analyze empirically the impact of taxation and corruption on the growth of manufacturing firms in Vietnam. The study employed pooled OLS estimation and then instrument variables with fixed effect for the panel data of 1377 firms in Vietnam from 2005 to 2011. These data were obtained from the survey of the Central Institute for Economic Management and the Danish International Development Agency. The results show that both taxation and corruption are negatively associated with firm growth measured by firm sales adjusted according to the GDP deflator. A one-percentage point increase in the bribery rate is linked with a reduction of 16,883 percentage points in firm revenue, over four and a half times bigger than the effect of a one-percentage point increase in the tax rate. From the findings of this research, the author recommends the Vietnam government to lessen taxation on firms and that there should be an urgent revolution in anti-corruption policies as well as bureaucratic improvement in Vietnam.

Keywords:Bribery rate; corruption; instrument variable; fixed–effect method; panel data; small and medium enterprises; taxation; Vietnamese firms.
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