Why, despite repeated efforts to reform the power sector, has China still failed to reach its stated objectives? While many sources could contribute to reform difficulties, ranging from technical problems to resource constraints, this paper draws attention to how struggles in the policy-making...

How does a globalized context influence domestic development policies and the allocation of government resources in an authoritarian country like China? This study explores the coalitional politics in China’s transition from foreign direct investment (FDI) attraction to domestic technology...

Do more mobile firms pay lower taxes? Much research contends that capital mobility creates downward pressure on corporate taxes, as firms can threaten to exit. A substantial share of the existing work, however, is based on country average statutory tax rates in OECD countries. We instead explore...

Why are perennially entrenched institutions so hard to reform? This paper proposes a theory of institutional rebound when implementing difficult changes. It untangles reforms in China's state-owned enterprises, which aimed to break the three "iron institutions" in leadership (iron chair),...

The rise of Chinese tech firms and the U.S.-China technology rivalry has certainly received much attention. Yet thus far, few academic works provide frameworks to systematically capture the influence of such a tech cold war. To fully understand the impact of China’s technological development...

There is no doubt that the political economy of contemporary China has received significant attention both in academic disciplines and in the real world. The role of the state in the economy and the relations between government and business actors have always been central concerns of classic...