CORRUPTION AND THE ANTI‐CORRUPTION MOVEMENT: THE MODELLING AND ANALYSIS OF THE SITUATION IN CHINA*

• DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8454.1997.tb00828.x
• Publication Date: 2008-03-19T10:05:30Z
• Authors: SHUNTIAN YAO
• Keywords: 0502 economics and business; 05 social sciences; 1. No poverty

In this paper the author offers an explanation for the increasing extent of China's corruption problem during the past several years. A mathematical model is constructed, in which the conflicts among three groups of the Chinese population in the anti‐corruption movement are modelled as a two person game. The existence of Nash equilibrium is discussed. It is pointed out that the corruption level may increase as the GNP grows, as long as the majority of the people continue to be strategically passive. While the focus of this paper is on China's present situation, the author believes that this method of modelling and of analysis is also applicable to some other autocratic countries in the world.