of government auditing in discovering and deterring corruption, there is little empirical evidence on whether government … auditing actually helps to reduce corruption. Using China’s provincial panel data from 1999 to 2008, this paper empirically … examines the role of government auditing in China’s corruption control initiatives. Our findings indicate that the number of …

China's markets gained 3.86% around December 4, 2012, when the Party announced anti-corruption reforms. State … liberalized provinces, especially those with high past ETC. These findings support investors' expect reduced official corruption …

Corruption is a widespread phenomenon in many developing and transitional economies. China is a country in profile both … in the prevalence of corruption, and in its attempts to root out corruption. The recent anti-corruption campaign in China … also provides unusual amount of data to study the causes and consequences of corruption, which will have implications for …

Political corruption is considered a major impediment to economic development, and yet it remains pervasive throughout … the world. This paper examines the extent to which government audits of public resources can reduce corruption by … enhancing political and judiciary accountability. We do so in the context of Brazil's anti-corruption program, which randomly …

Although both the academic and policy communities have attached great importance to measuring corruption, most of the … indicator of grand corruption based on a wide range of elementary indicators. These indicators are derived from a rich … qualitative evidence on public procurement corruption and a statistical analysis of a public procurement data in Hungary. The …

Although both the academic and policy communities have attached great importance to measuring corruption, most of the … indicator of grand corruption based on a wide range of elementary indicators. These indicators are derived from a rich … qualitative evidence on public procurement corruption and a statistical analysis of a public procurement data in Hungary. The …

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 documents the clientelism in anti-corruption investigations across the interpolitician network in the … context of China. Patronage connections to highly ranked politicians (i.e., Politburo of the Communist Party of China) make … local politicians less likely to be investigated and receive lighter sentences after being investigated. We employ a …

This analysis investigates a political corruption model that builds on previous literature on corruption in hierarchies …. Our study enriches the literature on political corruption emphasizing the contrasting role of the minorities having a … involved into the illicit activity and, eventually, spread the corruption disease. …