The Politics of Corruption

Lecture 10: China and Hong Kong: Corruption, Growth, and Clean Government

Bogdan G. Popescu
bgpopescu@tec.mx

Tecnológico de Monterrey

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How can rapid growth coexist with extensive corruption?

By the end, students should be able to:

  • unbundle corruption into Ang’s four types and state which are compatible with growth
  • explain how Hong Kong’s ICAC design shifted expectations, linking back to Week 4’s equilibrium logic
  • critique campaign-style enforcement using the Chen–Kung princelings evidence on selectivity