Analysing the pattern of promotions provides illuminating evidence on current levels of corruption in Chinese bureaucracy

The power of law comes through its ability to help people build up expectations about one another’s behaviour

A study finds that while family planning has either no effect or a slightly positive one on elderly Chinese parents’ physical health, it can be...

Congestion in Indian courts of justice distorts firms’ organisation and sourcing decisions and lowers aggregate productivity

Firms used VAT savings from China’s tax reform to invest in machinery as intended, but the reform reduced firm productivity, exports and employment

A little information goes a long way towards shifting clientelist electoral systems from vote-buying to policy-based competition

Personality tests and psychological profiling offer innovative ways for cutting corruption in the public sector of developing countries

Even in a highly controlled environment such as China, media bias is affected by competition and a trade-off between political and economic goals

Weak rule of law institutions distort establishments’ decisions and magnify financial frictions, contributing to substantial productivity losses