By analyzing a panel on the political turnovers of 4390 county leaders in China during 1999–
2008, we find that the revenue windfalls accrued to these officials from land sales have …

We develop a theory of how state officials' political incentives can affect corporate behavior.
In the pursuit of multiple goals, such as social stability and economic development, the state …

In spite of the significant expansion of the private sector in China, the strategic sectors of the
economy are still dominated by a relatively small number of large state-owned companies …

Prior studies on corporate political strategies have taken an exchange view to examine
these strategies' benefits and costs for firms and politicians, but have paid less attention to …

Understanding Chinese politics has become more important than ever. Some argue that
China's political system is' institutionalized'or that'win all/lose all'struggles are a thing of the …

This essay reviews recent scholarship on four key components of the post-Mao party state's
cadre management regime—nomenklatura system, cadre performance evaluation system …

Performance-based promotion schemes in administrative hierarchies have limitations.
Chinese provincial leaders, despite facing strong career concerns, make different policy …

This article examines why performance measurement, a tool adopted by western countries
chiefly to improve government services, has been designed and implemented as an …

China began its transition to a market economy nearly thirty years ago under an
authoritarian and hierarchical political system. Today, after market transition has wrought …

This paper theoretically and empirically investigates factional arrangements within the
Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the governing political party of the People's Republic of …