Toward a clean government in China: does the budget reform provide a hope?

Fighting corruption has proven to be a difficult task in many countries. In this paper, using China as a case study, we argue that a properly designed budgetary institution helps remove many institutional incentives and opportunities for corruption in financial management and regulatory activities o...

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1. VerfasserIn: Ma, Jun (VerfasserIn)
Beteiligte: Ni, Xing
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2008
In: Crime, law and social change
Jahr: 2008, Band: 49, Heft: 2, Seiten: 119-138
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Budgetary Fund
Corruption Control
Government Budget
Government Finance
Organizational Corruption
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Zusammenfassung:Fighting corruption has proven to be a difficult task in many countries. In this paper, using China as a case study, we argue that a properly designed budgetary institution helps remove many institutional incentives and opportunities for corruption in financial management and regulatory activities of the government. As a result of recent budget reforms, China’s anticorruption effort has shifted from its earlier emphasis on exhortation and periodic crackdowns, which have been found to be ineffective, to the more fundamental issues of institutional incentives and opportunities for corruption. We propose that one consequence of the budget reform is the hope that China’s effort to create a clean government will be advanced. However, there is still a long way to go since it will take time for the new budgetary system to be institutionalized.
Beschreibung:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 136-138
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ISSN:1573-0751
DOI:10.1007/s10611-008-9101-0