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Fisman, Raymond J. - 2012

We study the wealth accumulation of Indian parliamentarians using public disclosures required of all candidates since 2003. Annual asset growth of winners is on average 3 to 6 percentage points higher than runners-up. By performing a within-constituency comparison where both runner-up and winner...

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Corruption in Chinese Privatizations

Fisman, Raymond J. - 2014

We document evidence of corruption in Chinese state asset sales. These sales involved stakes in partially privatized … with deal attributes associated with misgovernance and corruption. Sales by "disguised" owners that misrepresent their …

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The Mortality Cost of Political Connections

Fisman, Raymond J. - 2015

We study the relationship between the political connections of Chinese firms and workplace fatalities. In our preferred specification we find that the worker death rate for connected companies is two to three times that of unconnected firms (depending on the sample employed), a pattern that...

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Rules, Discretion, and Corruption in Procurement : Evidence from Italian Government Contracting

Decarolis, Francesco; Fisman, Raymond J.; Pinotti, Paolo; … - 2022

for private gain. We study the relationship between discretion and corruption in Italian government procurement auctions …, using a confidential database of firms and procurement officials investigated for corruption by Italian enforcement … associated with corruption only when conducted with fewer than the formally required number of bidders or employing discretionary …

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Labor Supply of Politicians

Fisman, Raymond J.; Harmon, Nikolaj A.; Kamenica, Emir; … - 2021

absenteeism or shirking from legislative sessions; in contrast, non-pecuniary motives, proxied by home-country corruption …

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