China. We also find that corruption strongly reduces tax revenue. Looking at things from an expenditure point of view we … observe that corruption significantly decreases government spending on education, R&D and public health in China. We also …With complementary Chinese data sets and alternative corruption measures, we explore the consequences of corruption …

In this study we explore in detail the causes of corruption in China using two different sets of data at the regional … level (provinces and cities). We observe that regions with more anti-corruption efforts, histories of British rule, higher … heterogeneity, regulation, abundance of resource and state-owned enterprises substantially breed regional corruption. Moreover …

a statistically significantly positive effect on the corruption rate in China. Our findings, therefore, underscore the … the incidence of corruption. We first present an interaction-based model on corruption that predicts that the level of … corruption is positively associated with social interaction. Then we empirically verify the theoretical prediction using within …