Using nationwide survey data collected in China in 2005, we reexamine findings reported by Tsai (2007) on governmental informal accountability at the local level. Our analysis indicates informal governmental accountability, as a form of informal institution, serves as an important link between...

Scholars of social capital are still exploring and debating which type of social capital plays what kind of role in shaping economic development and government performance in different economic and political systems at various levels. To contribute to this important exploration and debate, this...

This study presents an emergent explanation of PTA formation, which suggests that the systematic diffusion of preferential trade agreements can be understood as emergent phenomena generated by local and simple interactions among individual states. Specifically, we start with an assumption that...

type="main" <title type="main">Objective</title> <p>In recent years, there has been a fast-growing body of literature on the sources of social trust. However, empirical studies focusing on non-Western societies are rare. To fill the gap, this study is intended to explore both the individual and contextual sources of social...</p>

This paper examines how transformations in the housing system in the People's Republic of China (PRC) influence the PRC pattern of urbanization. It first discusses how housing policies determine the supply and demand of housing in urban PRC and subsequently analyzes how the changes in the mode...