In this paper, I study how anti-corruption shocks affect Chinese city leaders through political factions or social … investigated for corruption affects the city leaders' economic performances and policy outcomes. I find that college and workplace … evidence supports the explanation that the corruption investigation of officials initiates promotion competition inside the …

In this paper, I study the peer effects in corruption, or more specifically, how sharing hometown or college ties with … other officials who have been investigated for corruption affects an official's likelihood of being investigated for … corruption himself. In specifications including fixed effects to control for differences across cities and colleges, and using an …

We study how China's recent anti-corruption campaign affects local economies. Our identification is based on a … corruption, such as construction and infrastructure. Lands sold by local governments become 3.9% more expensive, mostly driven by … corruption …

susceptible to corruption by local career-driven leaders is the driver of the effects. A novel spatial quantitative model …

entering firms survive for a longer time. Comparing the effects before and after the Chinese anti-corruption campaign, we …

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