China’s economic reforms have resulted in spectacular growth and poverty reduction. However, China’s institutions look … ill-suited to achieve such a result, and they indeed suffer from serious shortcomings. To solve "China puzzle" this paper … analyses China’s institution - a regionally decentralized authoritarian system. The central government has control over …

reform in China that was rolled out between 2004 and 2010 with the explicit intention of shaping youths' ideology. To measure … participation and democracy in China, increased trust in government officials, and a more skeptical view of free markets. …

international financial decision-making, also as it relates to the legitimacy of the international system in the eyes of the public …

the preservation of the central bank’s legitimacy requires that a clear line be drawn between the central bank’s provision …

candidates and available policy alternatives. We show that both sides may be caught in an ideology trap: because voters expect … the perceived ideology of office holders to determine their political actions, politicians are tempted to act according to … their perceived ideology, resulting in political failure. …

this phenomenon for international differences in political ideology, levels of redistribution, labour supply, aggregate …