Does Increased Civil Service Pay Deter Corruption? Evidence from China

Review of Public Personnel Administration

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 192-204

  Gong, Ting ^a   Wu, Alfred M ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

civil service pay; corruption; efficiency wage model; relative deprivation theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860651822     PISSN: 0734371X     EISSN: 1552759X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734371X12438247     Document Type: Article

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