prosecuted for corruption as an unexpected consequence of an ordinary investigation in 2004. This event exposed a significant … amount of corruption and resulted in a substantial anti-corruption initiative within the Heilongjiang province. We use the … this massive anti-corruption initiative is an important finding …

We provide a theory of how growth, corruption, and a low-powered public-sector pay scale coexist in a stable … widespread corruption. …

We provide a theory of how growth, corruption, and a low-powered public-sector pay scale coexist in a stable … widespread corruption. …

counter-corruption affect inequality and potential cronyism in bureaucratic employment through inter-generational transmission …There is a clear and persistent inequality of bureaucratic employment between individuals with a bureaucrat parent and … those without. Using the recent anti-corruption campaign in China as a quasi-experiment, we investigate how endeavors for …

counter-corruption affect inequality and potential cronyism in bureaucratic employment through inter-generational transmission …There is a clear and persistent inequality of bureaucratic employment between individuals with a bureaucrat parent and … those without. Using the recent anti-corruption campaign in China as a quasi-experiment, we investigate how endeavors for …

inflow of Chinese FDI to Africa matters for bridging the continent's marked income inequality gap, (ii) Africa … stability, low corruption, and voice and accountability are keys. Finally, critical masses required for these three key … governance dynamics to propel Chinese FDI to reduce income inequality are 0.8, 0.5 and 0.1, respectively. These critical masses …

reduce local corruption and stimulate firms' investment in R&D and training to this day. We identify a causal effect by …

In this study we explore in detail the causes of corruption in China using two different sets of data at the regional … level (provinces and cities). We observe that regions with more anti-corruption efforts, histories of British rule, higher … heterogeneity, regulation, abundance of resource and state-owned enterprises substantially breed regional corruption. Moreover …