Anti-corruption, safety compliance and coal mine deaths: Evidence from China
Anti-corruption, safety compliance and coal mine deaths: Evidence from China
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jebo.2021.05.013
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发表时间：
2021-08
影响因子：
2.2
通讯作者：
Gang Xu;Xue Wang;Ruiting Wang;Go Yano;Rong Zou
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作者：
Gang Xu;Xue Wang;Ruiting Wang;Go Yano;Rong Zou
这项研究评估了2013年以来发起的反腐运动对中国煤矿死亡率的影响。结合2004年至2017年几个独特的省级煤矿数据集，我们发现有证据表明，反腐力度较大的省份煤矿死亡率的降幅要大得多。这种效果经受住了大量的健壮性检查，也显示出极大的异质性。进一步的证据表明，这场运动减少了违反安全规定的行为，增加了固定投资，导致利润下降，同时煤矿行业的主营业务成本上升。上述发现最符合这样一种解读，即这场运动通过遏制煤矿与地方官员之间的勾结，降低了煤矿公司在安全问题上推卸责任的可能性。我们还排除了加大检查力度、改变行业就业结构等其他渠道。
This study evaluates the impact of the anti-corruption campaign launched by President Xi since 2013 on coal mine mortality in China. Combining several unique provincial-level datasets on coal mines from 2004 to 2017, we find evidence that provinces with stronger exposure to the anti-corruption campaign have experienced a significantly larger decrease in coalmine death rates. This effect survives a vast array of robustness checks and also displays great heterogeneity. Further evidence suggests the campaign has led to fewer safety violations, more fixed investments and a decrease in profits accompanied by an increase in the costs of principal business in the coal mining industry. The above findings are most consistent with the interpretation that the campaign has made coal mining firms less likely to shirk on safety by curbing collusion between coal mines and local officials. We also rule out other channels such as intensified inspection and the change of employment composition in the industry.