those without. Using the recent anti-corruption campaign in China as a quasi-experiment, we investigate how endeavors for … more than 5 percentage points. Moreover, we explore potential mechanisms through which anti-corruption efforts have … counter-corruption affect inequality and potential cronyism in bureaucratic employment through inter-generational transmission …

policy makers about the limits of transparency in curtailing "grey" types of corruption. …

public resources. -- corruption ; matched employer-employee panel data ; public-sector employment …

We provide novel evidence on the effectiveness of mandated changes in Russian transparency and disclosure (henceforth T …

Does the introduction of corporate transparency and disclosure rules in emerging economies affect compliance, and … voluntary disclosure and find a significant increase in corporate disclosure among the domestic Russian firms over the period … 2003-07 when firms gradually adopted some but not all disclosure rules. The immediate effect of the introduction was a drop …

data from Brazil, we track the earnings and employment of campaign workers before and after close elections spanning nearly … hires are relatively more qualified. Our results suggest a potential upside to patronage as campaign connections create new …