Corruption and left-wing beliefs in a post-socialist transition economy: Evidence from China's 'harmonious society'

Russell Smyth and Joanne Xiaolei Qian

Economics Letters, 2009, vol. 102, issue 1, 42-44

Abstract: We find that perceptions of corruption are positively correlated with left-wing beliefs across 32 Chinese cities, controlling for income, personal characteristics and ideology.

Keywords: Beliefs; Corruption; Fairness; Political; legitimacy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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Working Paper: CORRUPTION AND LEFT-WING BELIEFS IN A POST-SOCIALIST TRANSITION ECONOMY: EVIDENCE FROM CHINA'S ???HARMONIOUS SOCIETY??? (2008)
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