Factions in Nondemocracies: Theory and Evidence From the Chinese Communist Party

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Francois, Patrick; Trebbi, Francesco; Xiao, Kairong
• 署名单位: University of British Columbia; University of California System; University of California Berkeley; Center for Economic & Policy Research (CEPR); National Bureau of Economic Research; Columbia University
• 刊物名称: ECONOMETRICA
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0012-9682
• DOI: 10.3982/ECTA19274
• 发表日期: 2023
• 页码: 565-603
• 关键词: politics; REFORM; top

摘要

This paper theoretically and empirically investigates factional arrangements within the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the governing political party of the People's Republic of China. Using detailed biographical information of political elites in the Central Committee and provincial governments, we present a set of new empirical regularities within the CCP, including systematic patterns of cross-factional balancing at different levels of the political hierarchy and substantial faction premia in promotions. We propose and estimate an organizational economic model to characterize factional politics within single-party nondemocratic regimes and its economic implications.