Eat, Drink, Firms, Government: An Investigation of Corruption from the Entertainment and Travel Costs of Chinese Firms

被引：492

作者：

Cai, Hongbin ^{[1
]}

Fang, Hanming ^{[2
]}

Xu, Lixin Colin ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Peking Univ, Guanghua Sch Management, Beijing, Peoples R China

[2] Univ Penn, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA

[3] World Bank, Dev Res Grp, Washington, DC USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF LAW & ECONOMICS | 2011年 / 54卷 / 01期

关键词：

VARIABLES; INDONESIA; GROWTH; MARKET;

D O I：

10.1086/651201

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

We propose entertainment and travel costs (ETC) expenditures as a measure of corruption in Chinese firms. These expenses are publicly reported in firms' accounting books, and on average they amount to about 3 percent of a firm's total value added. We find that ETC is a mix that includes grease money to obtain better government services, protection money to lower tax rates, managerial excesses, and normal business expenditures to build relational capital with suppliers and clients. Entertainment and travel costs overall have a significantly negative effect on firm productivity, but we also find that some components of ETC have substantial positive returns to firms.

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页码：55 / 78

页数：24

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