Innovation is key for economic growth and well-being. The capacity for innovation, however, is profoundly influenced by … the quality of local institutions. Although the impact of national institutions on innovation is well-documented, the … effects of subnational institutional variations on innovation remain underexplored. This paper studies the impact of …

about procedural legitimacy? Analyzing national survey data on China, this study finds that governance procedures affect the … legitimacy of subnational levels of governing, if not necessarily that of the national level. Good governance contributes to …-Wen era. Despite low priority and constrained governance reforms, the main legitimation strategy in the Hu-Wen era remained …