We provide a theory of how growth, corruption, and a low-powered public-sector pay scale coexist in a stable … equilibrium in the early stage of China's development. The regionally decentralized authoritarian regime of China features lower …-powered public-sector pay scale in China. We propose a principal-agent model, where the principal represents the Chinese people …

This paper presents new evidence on the relationship between corruption and income inequality. Using a panel data … methodology, we find that lower corruption is associated with higher income inequality in Latin America. This result is in … relationship between inequality and corruption suggests that institutional reform policies by themselves may be misguided. …

therefore focus on what happens to the quality of judicial institutions and political corruption around coup attempts and other …

behavioral coordination game between local officials and private businessmen. With field facts in China, this study suggests that …

China. Our OLS estimate shows that being a Party member increases earnings by 10%, but the within-twin-pair estimate becomes …

and by The Standardized World Income Inequality Database are seen to be correlated with economic diversification, the rule … of law, transparency as measured by the corruption perceptions index from Transparency International, trust as measured …