We consider the largely unexpected shock caused by the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in India to assess whether … March and July 2021, we elicit willingness to act against fraud and corruption in the provision of health services by … the COVID-19 peak in their state of residence, we find evidence of a large and significant increase in anti-corruption …

Evidence on the implementation of India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Act suggests that the available work is … administrative costs and local corruption. Administrative reforms by the center can have perverse effects. Policy implications are …

Evidence on the implementation of India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Act suggests that the available work is … administrative costs and local corruption. Administrative reforms by the center can have perverse effects. Policy implications are …

We use China's recent anti-corruption campaign as a natural experiment to examine the (market expected) equilibrium … consequences of (anti-)corruption. We argue that the announcement of inspections of provincial governments by the Central … Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) on May 17, 2013 represents a significant departure of past norms of anti-corruption …