Does decentralization exacerbate Chinese corruption? This study uses unique quasi-experiments of “province-managing-county” and “county-power-expansion” reforms in China from 2003 to 2015 to investigate this question. Improving the measures of corruption, decentralization, and...

Does decentralization exacerbate Chinese corruption? This study uses unique quasi-experiments of “province-managing-county” and “county-power-expansion” reforms in China from 2003 to 2015 to investigate this question. Improving the measures of corruption, decentralization, and...