“…Other researchers have always adopted a macroeconomic approach, exploring corruption with a specific focus on business contexts. Gillanders and Neselevska (2018) show that experiencing private-to-public bribery reduces trust in large pri- Microeconomic impacts of private-to-public corruption have been discussed less (Badawi & Al Qudah, 2019;Breen et al, 2017;Burnham, Jeon, & Zeng, 2018;Collison, Cobb, Power, & Stevenson, 2008;Putra, Pagalung, & Habbe, 2018;Vu et al, 2018;Wu, 2014). Van Vu et al (2018) shown that the intensity of bribery has a negative impact on firms' financial performance.…”