Tags : Corruption

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China's Gilded Age: The Paradox of Economic Boom and Vast Corruption
LAPP distinguished lecture - China's Gilded Age: The Paradox of Economic Boom and Vast Corruption  Why has China grown so fast for so long despite vast corruption? In China’s Gilded Age (2020, Cambridge University Press), Yuen Yuen Ang unpacks the different harm caused by different types of corruption, ...
https://iems.ust.hk/events/academic-seminar/2020/china-s-gilded-age-the-paradox-of-economic-boom-and-vast-corruption-by-yuen-yuen-ang
How are Votes Bought? An Empirical Examination of Transactional Politics in a Developing Economy
Although it is widely believed that votebuying is pervasive in Indian elections, understandably there is limited evidence for it. Our survey of over 250 villages, timed soon after a state election in Central India, suggests that votebuying is common, although not universal. We combine village-level variation in caste ...
https://iems.ust.hk/events/academic-seminar/2020/visaria-how-are-votes-bought-an-empirical-examination-of-transactional-politics-in-a-developing-economy
Corruption and Insider Trading: Evidence from Credit and Housing Markets
Key insights Sumit Agarwal, Vice-Dean of Research at the School of Business and Professor in the Departments of Economics, Finance, and Real Estate at the National University of Singapore, presented a practical approach to detecting corruption and insider trading behavior in the credit and housing markets, and ...
https://iems.ust.hk/events/academic-seminar/2016/sumit-agarwal-corruption-and-insider-trading-evidence-from-credit-and-housing-markets
Anti-corruption efforts against security officials more difficult in Xinjiang, says Barry Sautman to VOA
Barry Sautman told Voice of America in an article published on 23 January 2015 that it’d more difficult to go after corrupted security officials in Xinjiang despite the escalating anti-corruption drives under the leadership of China’s president, Xi Jinping. QUOTE: Barry Sautman is a professor who ...
https://iems.ust.hk/updates/media-coverage/2015/anti-corruption-efforts-against-security-officials-more-difficult-in-xinjiang-says-barry-sautman-to-voa
China cuts thousands of ‘phantom’ workers from payroll, with commentary by IEMS’ David Zweig
IEMS’ David Zweig gave his comments to the New Zealand Herald on the Chinese government’s removal of tens of thousands of “phantom employees” from state payrolls amid a campaign by President Xi Jinping to crack down on corruption and eliminate waste. A total of 162,629 employees who had ...
https://iems.ust.hk/updates/media-coverage/2014/china-cuts-thousands-of-phantom-workers-from-payroll-with-commentary-by-iems-david-zweig
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