unlawful, conflict of interest to persist. Our first result is that the political elite finds it optimal to allow the existence …

This paper addresses the question of how bureaucratic incentives affect economic performance in China at the provincial …

elite are motivated to promote economic development in China. It argues that like politicians in other types of political …Rapid economic development in China in the post-1978 era has been considered 'intriguing' and 'puzzling' since it … role of the political elite in economic progress. This paper contributes to this literature by studying why the political …

bureaucratic elite has been joining the business elite after leaving office, and this in growing numbers. This relationship has … purpose of this paper is to explain why this social behavior takes place, and why the political elite does not try to prevent … it. Moreover, this paper shows that the bureaucratic elite obtains excessive bureaucratic power, and that promiscuous …

bureaucratic elite has been joining the business elite after leaving office, and this in growing numbers. This relationship has …. The purpose of this paper is to explain why this social behavior takes place, and why the political elite does not try to … prevent it. Moreover, this paper shows that the bureaucratic elite obtains excessive bureaucratic power, and that promiscuous …

China where the Confucian bureaucracy was first introduced have a more educated population and more Confucian temples, but … regions of China with over a thousand years of sustained exposure to state-building are significantly poorer today. The …