Acknowledgements

Statement of Original Authorship

Chapter One Introduction

1.1 Motivation of Thesis

1.2 Content of Thesis

1.2.1 Causes of Corruption

1.2.2 Consequences of Corruption

1.2.3 Methodology Issues

1.3 Structure of Thesis

Chapter Two Economic Determinants of Corruption：Chinese Evidence

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Determinants of Corruption

2.3 Empirical Analysis

2.3.1 Province-level Analysis

2.3.2 City-level Analysis

2.4 Conclusion

Chapter Three Political Interest and Corruption：Cross-country Evidence

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Political Interest

3.2.1 Theoretical Considerations

3.2.2 A Simple Model

3.3 Data

3.3.1 Dependent Variables

3.3.2 Measuring Political Interest

3.3.3 Further Independent Variables

3.4 Empirical Evidence

3.4.1 International Evidence

3.4.2 Within-country Evidence

3.5 Conclusion

Chapter Four Democracy and Corruption：Cross-country Evidence

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Theoretical Model

4.2.1 Model

4.2.2 Economic Equilibrium

4.2.3 Political Equilibrium

4.3 Empirical Evidence

4.3.1 Methodology and Data

4.3.2 Results

4.4 Conclusion

Appendix

Chapter Five Social Interaction and Corruption：Cross-country Evidence

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Theoretical Foundation

5.2.1 Background of the Model

5.2.2 A Simple Game

5.2.3 Dynamics

5.2.4 Conditional Corruption—Discussion and Extensions

5.3 Data and Methodological Approach

5.3.1 Micro Analysis

5.3.2 Macro Analysis

5.4 Results

5.4.1 Micro Level Using the EVS

5.4.2 Micro Level Using the WVS

5.4.3 Macro Level Using a Large Panel Data Set

5.5 Conclusion

Chapter Six Social Interaction and Corruption：Within-country Evidence

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Theoretical Model

6.3 Empirical Work

6.3.1 Data and Methodology

6.3.2 Results

6.4 Conclusion

Appendix

Chapter Seven Consequences of Corruption：Chinese Evidence

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Literature Review

7.3 Empirical Analysis

7.3.1 Data and Methodology

7.3.2 Corruption，Economic Growth and Income Distribution

7.3.3 Corruption and Foreign Direct Investment

7.3.4 Corruption and Public Expenditures

7.3.5 Corruption and the Environment

7.4 Conclusion

Appendix

Chapter Eight Conclusion

8.1 Summary of Findings

8.2 Policy Implications

8.3 Further Research

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