I study how economic growth in Chinese cities responds to the recent anti-corruption
campaign, focusing on a novel mechanism of network-based political competition, whereby …

Despite a lack of consensus on the most effective methods for measuring corruption, a
variety of initiatives have been launched over the past decade. This paper contributes to the …

Social hierarchies exist in democracies as well as in authoritarian societies. However, their
nature is different. Democratic hierarchies are built bottom-up through election while …

최근 여러 민주주의 국가에서 일어난 민주주의 후퇴 (democratic backsliding) 현상과 더불어,
비민주국가에서의 반자유주의적 변화 (illiberal turn) 역시 격화하고 있다. 그 가운데서도 …

Objectives We examine political connections at the horizontal level of local government
officials and their impacts on economic growth in China. Methods We identify two types of …

Existing studies largely view mass media under authoritarianism as a tool controlled by
political elites to dominate public opinion or display loyalty. This paper offers a new …