Jia, Ruixue; Kudamatsu, Masayuki; Seim, David - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2014
Who becomes a top politician in China? We focus on provincial leaders a pool of candidates for top political office and examine how their chances of promotion depend on their performance in office and connections with top politicians. Our empirical analysis, based on the curriculum vitae of...