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5 - Crony Capitalism in International Comparison
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 June 2023
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This chapter expands on the previous chapter by presenting survey evidence from Morocco, Jordan, Venezuela, and the Ukraine using the same conjoint experiment of business political engagement. The chapter documents that Egypt's military has a higher level of penetration than even other Arab countries. In general, Arab countries seem to have more economically involved militaries than non-Arab countries. An additional pattern is that companies that have had to pay higher bribe costs in the past five years are more likely to engage in political action, suggesting that they are trying to protect their companies and their relationships with the government.
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- Making Democracy Safe for BusinesCorporate Politics During the Arab Uprisings, pp. 148 - 168Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023