@article{Dong:91024,
      recid = {91024},
      author = {Dong, Bin and Torgler, Benno},
      title = {The Causes of Corruption: Evidence from China},
      address = {2010-06},
      number = {832-2016-55421},
      series = {IM},
      pages = {41},
      year = {2010},
      abstract = {In this study we explore in detail the causes of  corruption in China using two different sets of data at the  regional level (provinces and cities). We observe that  regions with more anti-corruption efforts, histories of  British rule, higher openness, more access to media and  relatively higher wages of government employees are  markedly less corrupt; while social heterogeneity,  regulation, abundance of resource and state-owned  enterprises substantially breed regional corruption.  Moreover, fiscal decentralization is discovered to depress  corruption significantly, while administrative  decentralization fosters local corruption. We also find  that there is currently a positive relationship between  corruption and economic development in China that is mainly  driven by the transition to a market economy.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/91024},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.91024},
}