时 间：2019年12月10日（周二） 13：30-15：00
地 点：中北校区理科大楼A302
题 目：ctivated Whip: New Evidence about Corruption and Growth from China
反腐败与经济增长的实证研究
报告人：薛畅 助理教授 武汉大学
摘 要：
Corruption is generally considered a key factor constraining economic growth, and there is an endogenous relationship between corruption and economic activity that is difficult to work out by empirical analysis. Employing Chinese provincial panel data from 2008-2015 and difference-in-differences (DID) estimation, this paper uses whether Provincial-level Secretaries of the CCDI served at the central level after the CPC 18th National Congress as a control variable for endogeneity, analyzes the impact of corruption on regional economic growths, and finds that increase in the degree of corruption has a significantly negative effect on regional economic growths in China. This paper also finds that the negative effect of corruption is largely due to growth inhibition of fixed-asset investment in non-state sectors, whereas no significant effect is seen on the growth of fixed-asset investment in state sectors. These findings have implications for deepening reforms in China’s economic and political systems in the future.
报告人简介：
薛畅，现任武汉大学经济与管理学院助理教授，2019年获得香港中文大学经济系博士，主要研究方向为公司金融、发展经济学。研究发表于《Review of Finance》《China Economic Review》等国际权威期刊。