Do Local Elections in Non-Democracies Increase Accountability? Evidence from Rural China
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- Qian, Nancy & Padró i Miquel, Gerard & Martinez-Bravo, Monica & Yao, Yang, 2011. "Do Local Elections in Non-Democracies Increase Accountability? Evidence from Rural China," CEPR Discussion Papers 8368, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Monica Martinez-Bravo & Gerard Padró i Miquel & Nancy Qian & Yang Yao, 2011. "Do Local Elections in Non-Democracies Increase Accountability? Evidence from Rural China," NBER Working Papers 16948, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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Keywords
mexico; one child policy; leader accountability; rural china; local constituents; elections; policies; local; villages; democracy; public goods; institutions;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H4 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods
- P16 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Capitalist Economies - - - Capitalist Institutions; Welfare State
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DEV-2011-05-14 (Development)
- NEP-POL-2011-05-14 (Positive Political Economics)
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