[Buzz Lightyear flies above the bandits and slices their car with his laser.]
This paper examines whether demands for bribes for particular government services are associated with expedited or delayed policy implementation. […]
[F]irms confronted with demands for bribes take approximately 1.5 times longer to get a construction permit, operating license, or electrical connection than firms that did not have to pay bribes and, respectively, 1.2 and 1.4 times longer to clear customs when exporting and importing.
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