from authoritarian rule and its supporting elite networks and fails to recognize the link between central government …

, conditionally on satisfactory performance as soldiers. When the elite cannot credibly commit to provide an incentive … allows the elite to make credible commitments of future income redistribution in favor of the citizens, while a limited … external threat makes optimal for the elite not making any (economic or political) concession to the masses. Some historical …

Applications to elite US colleges have more than doubled over the past 20 years, with little change in the number of … empirical analysis. Viewed through the lens of the model, stability in the share of LA admits implies that elite colleges treat …

, encountering three years of droughts in childhood reduces an elite's life span by about two years. A remarkably important channel …

I take advantage of a sharp discontinuity in the probability of admission to an elite university at the admission score …. Cumulated over fifteen years, the time span of income data for my sample, the net premium of attending the elite university …

We explore recent policy changes which aim to equalize access to elite elementary schools in Beijing, to identify the … key elementary schools through lotteries, the policy of school federation led by elite schools consolidates ordinary … primary schools through alliance with elite schools. Moreover, the designated primary school for a residential complex can …