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 … that the pollution haven hypothesis may not hold in China. This finding sheds a new light on the “China puzzle” that China …

In this study we explore in detail the causes of corruption in China using two different sets of data at the regional … in China that is mainly driven by the transition to a market economy. -- Corruption ; China ; Government …

-country evidence at the province-level in China during 1998 to 2007. Panel data evidence clearly indicates that social interaction has … a statistically significantly positive effect on the corruption rate in China. Our findings, therefore, underscore the … relevance of social interaction in understanding corruption. -- Corruption ; Social Interaction ; China …