HUANG Shoufeng, ZHENG Guoliang：The Influence of Fiscal Transparency on Corruption:Evidence from China

Abstract：This paper utilizes theoretical model combining with empirical analysis to examine the influence of fiscal transparency on corruption in China.The results show that, the improvement of fiscal transparency can inhibit corruption, but this effect is relatively limited.Trade openness, privatization, wage of public servants and government size have negative effects on corruption, while the level of education and economic development have insignificant influence on corruption.The result of Shapley Value Decomposition shows the relative contribution effectiveness of each variable on corruption respectively.It reveals that fiscal transparency has the small relative contribution to corruption, but the trend is upward.

Key words： Fiscal Transparency    Corruption    Shapley Value Decomposition

source:Finance & Trade Economics ,No.3,2015