Over the past two decades, no two economies have averaged more rapid economic growth than China and Vietnam.But while … China‘s income inequality has risen rapidly over that same time frame, Vietnam‘s has only grown moderately. Structural and …. China and Vietnam are coded in exactly the same way, even in the path-breaking work on authoritarian regimes. In this paper …

Despite the fact that China and Vietnam have been the world’s two fastest growing economies over the past two decades … find that elite institutions in Vietnam encourage the construction of broader policy-making coalitions, have more … in China. As a result, there are stronger political motivations for Vietnamese leaders to provide equalizing transfers …

Since the launch of economic reforms in China in 1978 and Vietnam in 1986, both countries have made impressive … characteristics of their reforms were broadly similar. This paper documents three principal findings: (1) China and Vietnam were …, when both the countries enjoyed accelerated growth; and (3) the growth divergence between China and Vietnam can be …

liberal democracy. The gradual shift of economic power from the West to North East Asia over the last 40 years, and to China …