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Corruption and Economic Development

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Nicolas Berlinski
Dartmouth College
2
Guanglin Sun
Nanjing University of Finance and Economics
3
Aske Halling
Aarhus University
4
Litterio Mirenda
Bank of Italy
5
Rexford Abaidoo
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
6
Pau Sendra-Pons
Instituto de Tecnología Química
7
Mette Eilstrup‐Sangiovanni
University of Cambridge
8
Timothy Besley
Centre for Economic Policy Research
9
Guillermo Toral
IE University
10
Lily H. Fang
INSEAD

Rising Stars Papers

1
Research on the impact of enterprise digital transformation on carbon emissions in the manufacturing industry
International Review of Economics & Finance|2024
114 cit.
2
Green finance and corporate green innovation
Finance research letters|2024
49 cit.
3
The impact of the integration of the digital economy and the real economy on the risk of stock price collapse
Pacific-Basin Finance Journal|2024
48 cit.
4
The impact of ESG rating divergence on stock price crash risk
International Review of Financial Analysis|2025
39 cit.
5
Accountability in densely institutionalized governance spaces
Global Policy|2024
38 cit.
6
How does digital transformation drive innovation in Chinese agribusiness: Mechanism and micro evidence
Journal of Innovation & Knowledge|2024
34 cit.
7
The impact of government green subsidies on stock price crash risk
Energy Economics|2024
31 cit.
8
Turnover: How Lame-Duck Governments Disrupt the Bureaucracy and Service Delivery before Leaving Office
The Journal of Politics|2024
25 cit.
9
Frontline employees' responses to citizens' communication of administrative burdens
Public Administration Review|2024
23 cit.
10
Las asociaciones de inmigrantes como sociedad civil: un análisis tridimensional
Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas|2024
19 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Shweta Srinivasan
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
2
Huanxiu Guo
Nanjing Audit University
3
Dong Zhang
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
4
Guglielmo Tosato
California University of Pennsylvania
5
Guo Xu
University of California, Berkeley
6
Nathaniel Graham
Texas A&M International University
7
Christian Zünd
University of Zurich
8
Hanxue Chen
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
9
Christian Schuster
University College London
10
Tommy Krieger
University of Konstanz

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Ideology and Performance in Public Organizations
Econometrica|2023
110 cit.
2
Bureaucracy and Development
Annual Review of Economics|2022
109 cit.
3
Strengthening State Capacity: Civil Service Reform and Public Sector Performance during the Gilded Age
American Economic Review|2024
52 cit.
4
Should we care (more) about data aggregation?
European Economic Review|2022
24 cit.
5
Study on coupling coordination of the human settlement environment and tourism industry in the yellow river basin
Frontiers in Environmental Science|2022
24 cit.
6
The Impact of Global Value Chain Embedding on Carbon Emissions Embodied in China’s Exports
Frontiers in Environmental Science|2022
21 cit.
7
Could Chinese enterprises real benefit from embedding in global value chains?
Environment Development and Sustainability|2022
20 cit.
8
Draining the Swamp? Populist leadership and corruption
Governance|2023
17 cit.
9
Can the development of industrial intelligence improve the benefits of China's participation in global value chains?
Environmental Impact Assessment Review|2024
17 cit.
10
Framing as an Information Control Strategy in Times of Crisis
Journal of East Asian Studies|2022
16 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
James A. Robinson
University of Nigeria
2
Andrei Shleifer
National Bureau of Economic Research
3
Rafael Di Tella
National Bureau of Economic Research
4
Luigi Zingales
National Bureau of Economic Research
5
Jan Teorell
Lund University
6
Jakob Svensson
Bank of England
7
John J. McConnell
BAE Systems (Sweden)
8
Vojislav Maksimovic
Smith Institute
9
Frederico Finan
University of California, Los Angeles
10
Adam Przeworski
New York University

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
A Survey of Corporate Governance
The Journal of Finance|1997
16.2k cit.
2
Corporate Ownership Around the World
The Journal of Finance|1999
10.7k cit.
3
Large Shareholders and Corporate Control
Journal of Political Economy|1986
8.6k cit.
4
The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation
American Economic Review|2001
8.3k cit.
5
Financial Dependence and Growth
American Economic Review|1996
6.8k cit.
6
Do Investment-Cash Flow Sensitivities Provide Useful Measures of Financing Constraints?
The Quarterly Journal of Economics|1997
6.7k cit.
7
What Do We Know about Capital Structure? Some Evidence from International Data
The Journal of Finance|1995
6.7k cit.
8
The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation: Reply
American Economic Review|2012
6.1k cit.
9
Growth in Cities
Journal of Political Economy|1992
4.6k cit.
10
Additional evidence on equity ownership and corporate value
Journal of Financial Economics|1990
4.5k cit.

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