Leveling the Playing Field for Everyone? Large-scale Anti-corruption Campaign and Foreign Direct Investment, with Evidence from China

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Brief Overview

This paper shows that authoritarian anti-corruption efforts are not simple political purges. China’s large-scale anti-corruption campaign significantly increases FDI inflow, while such an effect is non-differential for different foreign investors.

Author

• Xiangyu Song, Washington University in St Louis