新农村建设中的新型经济违纪与腐败及其治理

由于取消农业税后,乡镇发展受到财政资金瓶颈制约,在新农村建设中,各地乡镇政府纷纷将目光投向国家各项政策性专项资金。一种新型的腐败行为——乡镇申报国家支农建设项目资金过程中的寻租逐渐被越来越多的单位和部门以及个人觉察并被广泛利用。本文运用寻租理论和新制度经济学对该新型腐败行为从现象到本质进行了深入的理论分析,并提出了治理对策。     

Corruption in Asia: Pervasiveness and arbitrariness

How does one understand the differences and similarities of corruption among various Asian countries? We use a recent framework developed by Rodriguez, Uhlenbruck, and Eden (2005) to suggest that corruption has to be examined from two different dimensions: pervasiveness and arbitrariness. Using this framework, we ask why some Asian countries are able to achieve high levels of economic growth in the midst of high level corruption while other countries suffer from economic stagnation. We specifically suggest that more firms would bribe when pervasiveness is high, while fewer firms would bribe when arbitrariness is high. We also look into the implications on foreign direct investment.     

Corruption: Theory and evidence from the Russian Federation

In this paper, we provide theory and evidence on the problem of corruption in the Russian Federation. Our theoretical model indicates that in the presence of official corruption, the numbers of tax inspection (collection) employees could be inversely related to per capita tax collection. Our empirical analysis supports our theoretical model, shedding light on one of the most intractable problems in the Russian Federation.     

How corruption affects bank lending in Russia

The aim of this study is to investigate the impact of corruption on bank lending in Russia. This issue is of major interest in order to understand the causes of financial underdevelopment and the effects of corruption in Russia. We use regional measures of corruption and bank-level data to perform this investigation. Our main estimations show that corruption hampers bank lending in Russia. We investigate whether this negative role of corruption is influenced by the degree of bank risk aversion, but find no effect. The detrimental effect of corruption is only observed for loans to households and firms, in opposition to loans to government. Additional controls confirm the detrimental impact of corruption on bank lending. Therefore, our results provide motivations to fight corruption to favor bank lending in Russia.     

吃喝费用的“得”与“失”—基于上市公司投融资效率的研究

本文以2009-2012年A股上市公司为样本,研究企业吃喝费用对投融资效率的影响。研究发现:在融资方面,平均来看,吃喝费用每提高1%,债务融资额度增加2.91%。在投资方面,上市公司的吃喝费用显著降低了企业的投资效率,对于投资不足的公司,吃喝费用每提高1%,投资不足程度增加5.89-9.76%;对于过度投资的公司,吃喝费用每提高1%,投资效率降低12.29-15.10%。公司治理在企业投资过程中的监督机制缺位,是导致投资效率低下的重要原因。本文的研究对探析后金融危机时代我国上市公司的腐败行为对企业经营的微观经济效应提供了经验证据。