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来源类型 | Discussion paper |
规范类型 | 论文 |
来源ID | DP8975 |
DP8975 The Effects of Democratization on Public Goods and Redistribution: Evidence from China | |
Nancy Qian; Gerard Padró i Miquel; Monica Martinez-Bravo; Yang Yao | |
发表日期 | 2012-05-21 |
出版年 | 2012 |
语种 | 英语 |
摘要 | This study investigates the effects of introducing elections on public goods and redistribution in rural China. We collect a large and unique survey to document the history of political reforms and economic policies and exploit the staggered timing of the introduction of elections for causal identification. We find that elections significantly increase public goods expenditure, the increase corresponds to demand and is paralleled by an increase in public goods provision and local taxes. We also find that elections cause significant income redistribution within villages. The results support the basic assumptions of recent theories of democratization (Acemoglu and Robinson, 2000; Lizzeri and Persico, 2004). In addition, we show that the main mechanism underlying the effect of elections is increased leader incentives. |
主题 | Development Economics |
关键词 | Elections Institutions Democracy |
URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp8975 |
来源智库 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom) |
资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/537794 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Nancy Qian,Gerard Padró i Miquel,Monica Martinez-Bravo,et al. DP8975 The Effects of Democratization on Public Goods and Redistribution: Evidence from China. 2012. |
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