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 …

This paper examines why despite increasing corruption since the 1980s, China's development has advanced so rapidly. The … author argues that a strong developmental state, the prevalence of "developmental corruption" over "predatory corruption" and … of fighting at the same time both political corruption and political opposition of individuals and organizations against …

Many studies have examined corruption’s effect upon economic growth. This study takes a different approach and … anticorruption campaigns run by the Communist Party of China in recent years. To measure the intensity of the Party’s anticorruption … efforts, we count the number of articles from official newspapers that discuss corruption or anticorruption policies. These …

address this concern in China, the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China instituted a new anti-corruption … policy. In this paper, we examine the impact of this recently enacted anti-corruption policy on the investment efficiency of … effectively restrained the excessive investment behavior of government-subsidized enterprises. Further, we find that the anti-corruption …