What Shapes Social Attitudes Toward Corruption in China? Micro-Level Evidence

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Zuzana Fungáčová

Bank of Finland - Institute for Economies in Transition (BOFIT)

Ilari Määttä

ETH Zürich

Laurent Weill

University of Strasbourg - LaRGE Research Center (Laboratoire de Recherche en Gestion et Economie)

Date Written: December 5, 2016

Abstract

​This research investigates the determinants of corruption in China using micro-level data. We use survey data on 6,000 households from 28 provinces to estimate logit models that show how corruption perceptions and attitudes to corruption are shaped by individual and provincial determinants. Respondents who see themselves as lower class, as well as members of the Communist Party of China, are more likely to perceive and reject corruption than other respondents. People in rural areas perceive less corruption, but do not differ in their attitudes toward corruption.

Keywords: corruption, China

JEL Classification: H11, K42, P16

Suggested Citation

Fungacova, Zuzana and Määttä, Ilari and Weill, Laurent, What Shapes Social Attitudes Toward Corruption in China? Micro-Level Evidence (December 5, 2016). BOFIT Discussion Paper No. 18/2016, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2914039

Zuzana Fungacova (Contact Author)

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Ilari Määttä

ETH Zürich ( email )

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Laurent Weill

University of Strasbourg - LaRGE Research Center (Laboratoire de Recherche en Gestion et Economie) ( email )

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