Who becomes a top politician in China? We focus on provincial leaders - a pool of candidates for top political office …

an optimal response of the winner's prize to the size of the contestant pool is more evident for China's listed firms … to decide on the tournament winner). Using comprehensive financial and accounting data on China's listed firms from 1998 … effort and hence improved firm performance, and that the performance effect of the winner's prize is greater for China …

Using nationally representative data from the 2012 and 2014 China Labor-force Dynamics Survey, this paper investigates … match quality in China. We find a wage premium obtained through both kinship and non-kinship networks but shorter job …