Jurisdiction Size and Corruption: Assessing the Land Market Return of Political Connections in Chinese Cities

• In Event: Determinants and Effects of Corruption in China

Brief Overview

How does jurisdiction size affect the propensity of local government corruption? We examine this question in China’s urban primary land market and detect corruption by assessing the profitability of politically connected firms in land purchase.

Authors

• Jianzi He, Fudan University

• Qing Chang, University of Pittsburgh