China's new Labor Contract Law took effect on January 2008 and required firms to give migrant workers written contracts …

This paper studies the urban land market in China in 2003--2007. In China, all urban land is owned by the state … sales are viewed as a major venue for corruption, prompting a number of reforms over the years. Reforms now require all … which we call a "two stage auction". The latter type of auction seems more subject to corruption, and to side deals between …

China, where a quarter of firms' R&D expenditures come from government subsidies. Using a difference-in-differences approach … subsidy awards and depressed the influence of their corruption-related expenditures. We also examine the impact of these … changes: subsidies became significantly positively associated with future innovation after the anti-corruption campaign and …

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 …

findings have important implications on how to effectively curb corruption …