This article draws on a rich empirical literature on comparative corruption and rich theoretical literatures on the related topics ofinstitutions and credible commitment to analyze China’s newestanticorruption campai...This article draws on a rich empirical literature on comparative corruption and rich theoretical literatures on the related topics ofinstitutions and credible commitment to analyze China’s newestanticorruption campaign, ongoing today. It argues that the campaign differs notably from previous efforts. In addition to its mostobvious features of longer duration and higher reach, the campaign has significantly changed the structure of Party and government incentives so as to reduce bureaucratic opportunities forcorruption and structural obstacles to anticorruption enforcement.These features constitute important steps toward anticorruptioninstitutionalisation and credible commitment to good governance.The article concludes by proposing some strategic policy choicesto promote and protect anticorruption gains.展开更多
文摘This article draws on a rich empirical literature on comparative corruption and rich theoretical literatures on the related topics ofinstitutions and credible commitment to analyze China’s newestanticorruption campaign, ongoing today. It argues that the campaign differs notably from previous efforts. In addition to its mostobvious features of longer duration and higher reach, the campaign has significantly changed the structure of Party and government incentives so as to reduce bureaucratic opportunities forcorruption and structural obstacles to anticorruption enforcement.These features constitute important steps toward anticorruptioninstitutionalisation and credible commitment to good governance.The article concludes by proposing some strategic policy choicesto promote and protect anticorruption gains.
