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A Theory of Power Structure and Institutional Compatibility : China vs. Europe Revisited
Jia, Ruixue; Roland, Gérard; Xie, Yang - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
opportunities to access elite status than Premodern Europe, for example via the civil service exam and the absence of hereditary … differences in the power structure of society: (1) the Ruler enjoyed weaker absolute power in Europe; (2) the People were more on … differences between Imperial China and Premodern Europe, as well as specific institutions such as the bureaucracy in China and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012482621
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Hobbesian Wars and Separation of Powers
Li, Weijia; Roland, Gérard; Xie, Yang - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
This paper formalizes the principle that persecution power of government may generate violent contests over it. We show that this principle yields a large set of theoretical insights on different separation-of-powers institutions that can help to preempt such contests under different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014226142
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Hobbesian wars and separation of powers
Li, Weijia; Roland, Gérard; Xie, Yang - 2023
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013539249
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A theory of power structure and institutional compatibility : China vs. Europe revisited
Roland, Gérard; Jia, Ruixue; Xie, Yang - 2021
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012418843