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Cadres and local policy experimentation

In: Handbook on Local Governance in China

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  • Reza Hasmath
  • Jessica C. Teets

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This chapter looks at the personality characteristics of Chinese policymakers and its relationship with policy experimentation. It demonstrates that Chinese policymakers fundamentally vary in terms of base-level preferences – displaying distinct personalities even under conditions of strong authoritarian institutions. Namely, although authoritarian bureaucrats face strong structural top-down institutional pressures, their individual risk preferences are heterogeneous. These personality characteristics provide insight into why certain Chinese policymakers have a penchant to engage in policy experimentation, and others do not, regardless of acting in the same policymaking ecology.

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  • Reza Hasmath & Jessica C. Teets, 2023. "Cadres and local policy experimentation," Chapters, in: Handbook on Local Governance in China, chapter 6, pages 98-111, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:elg:eechap:20565_6
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