Causes of corruption: Evidence from China

China Economic Review

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 152-169

  Dong, Bin ^a   Torgler, Benno ^b,c,d  

^a Southeast University   (China)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c CREMA CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN ECONOMICS   (Switzerland)

^d EBS BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

China; Corruption; Decentralization; Government; Social heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881612954     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2012.09.005     Document Type: Article

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