Signal and political accountability: environmental petitions in China
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Political signal; Political accountability; Environmental expenditure;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H11 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government - - - Structure and Scope of Government
- H70 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - General
- P26 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist and Transition Economies - - - Property Rights
- Q58 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environmental Economics: Government Policy
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