Bribe payments under regulatory decentralization: Evidence from rights offering regulations in China
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Keywords
Bribe payments; Rights offerings; Implicit costs; Decentralization;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- G38 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Government Policy and Regulation
- L51 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - Economics of Regulation
- H11 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government - - - Structure and Scope of Government
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