Petty corruption is a barrier to entrepreneurship in emerging countries, justifying to investigate its determinants. Using data on 1,240 entrepreneurs across Indonesian regions, we analyse the effects of social capital. Two-evel ordered probit regressions show that weak-ties discourage entrepreneurs' bribing, strong-ties encourage it, whereas this latter effect is moderated by the quality of access to formal credit. Bribing banks or turning to relatives for external funding are alternative solutions for entrepreneurs facing poor access to formal credit, a common feature in emerging countries, and the second solution is preferred given the risk and psychological costs of corruption.

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社会资本会减少企业家的小贪污吗？印度尼西亚地区的证据

小腐败是新兴国家创业的障碍，有理由调查其决定因素。我们使用印度尼西亚地区 1,240 名企业家的数据，分析了社会资本的影响。二阶概率回归表明弱关系会阻止企业家贿赂，强关系会鼓励它，而后者的影响会受到获得正规信贷的质量的影响。贿赂银行或向亲属寻求外部资金是面临难以获得正规信贷的企业家的替代解决方案，这是新兴国家的一个共同特征，鉴于腐败的风险和心理成本，第二种解决方案是首选。