Enterprise Survey 2013

Romania, 2012 - 2013

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Reference ID

ROU_2013_ES_v01_M

DOI

https://doi.org/10.48529/gh1j-2a05

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World Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Collection(s)

Enterprise Surveys

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Jun 17, 2014

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Jun 17, 2014

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% of total annual sales paid as informal payment/gift (j7a)

Data file: romania_2013_full_data

Overview

Valid: 514

Invalid: 26

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1066

End: 1067

Width: 2

Range: -9 - 20

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

It is said that establishments are sometimes required to make gifts or informal payments to public officials to "get things done" with regard to customs, taxes, licenses, regulations, services etc. On average, what percent of total annual sales, or estimated total annual value, do establishments like this one pay in informal payments or gifts to public officials for this purpose?
Percent of total annual sales paid as informal payment

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
-9	Don't know	51	9.9%
-8	Refused	8	1.6%
-7	No answer	0	0%
0		410	79.8%
1		20	3.9%
2		7	1.4%
3		4	0.8%
5		7	1.4%
7		1	0.2%
10		4	0.8%
15		1	0.2%
20		1	0.2%
Sysmiss		26

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Interviewer instructions

PROVIDE EITHER ONE OR THE OTHER, NOT BOTH

1) Size of informal payments/gifts Informal payments are payments made to government officials that are unaudited or unreported. They are generally given to an official with the expectation that a service will be performed (such as granting a business license), a violation overlooked (such as violation of health regulation), or because the official threatens the business.

Notice the wording (phrasing) of the question: it asks for the respondent to answer for establishments “like this one” rather than the establishment being interviewed.

2) Sensitive question, no clarification can be offered

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