Managers' perception of corruption in Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia

Abstract

A comparative analysis of managers' perception of corruption in three post-transition economies based on the World Bank Enterprise Survey data in the 2002-2019 period has been provided in the paper. Results suggest that although the main forms of corruption seem to differ among the countries, within each country there does not seem to be any systematic change during the analysed period. While in Slovenia managers are most likely to acknowledge the existence of grand corruption, petty corruption seems to be more widespread in Croatia and Serbia according to the managers' view. Those who perceive corruption to be higher are also the ones more likely to consider it an obstacle to their business endeavours. The difference is the highest in Croatia, suggesting that additional efforts in reducing corruption would probably be most welcomed by the business sector in that country.