How Can Anti-Corruption Policies Be Credibly Enforced? Evidence from China

• In Event: State Building and State Capacity in China

Brief Overview

This study examines how China’s 2015 Budget Law improved credible anti-corruption enforcement by strengthening legal institutions and fiscal transparency, showing that institutional capacity and information openness can jointly reduce corruption.

Authors

• Jiaqi Chen, Peking University

• Xinyi Bao, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen