affiliates and amplified when affiliates are active in government-dependent industries, members of groups with limited corruption … experience, and owned by productive parents. Overall, anti-bribery enforcement actions, which also reduce local corruption levels …, result in reallocation of economic activity and level a playing field disrupted by corruption …

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 …

perception of corruption and prevalence of bribe paying. We find that: (a) measures of political influence and corruption …/or have fewer competitors have more political influence, perceive corruption to be less of a problem and pay bribes less often …

We examine the consequences of local laws modeled on the American Anti-Corruption Act (“AACA”), which aims to constrain …

perception of corruption and prevalence of bribe paying. We find that: (a) measures of political influence and corruption …/or have fewer competitors have more political influence, perceive corruption to be less of a problem and pay bribes less often …

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 …