Social Ties and the Selection of China's Political Elite
成果类型：
Article
署名作者：
Fisman, Raymond; Shi, Jing; Wang, Yongxiang; Wu, Weixing
署名单位：
Boston University; Shandong University of Finance & Economics; Macquarie University; University of Southern California; Shanghai Jiao Tong University; University of International Business & Economics
刊物名称：
AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW
ISSN/ISSBN：
0002-8282
DOI：
10.1257/aer.20180841
发表日期：
2020
页码：
1752-1781
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摘要：
We study how sharing a hometown or college connection with an incumbent member of China's Politburo affects a candidate's likelihood of selection as a new member. In specifications that include fixed effects to absorb quality differences across cities and colleges, we find that hometown and college connections are each associated with 5-9 percentage point reductions in selection probability. This connections penalty is equally strong for retiring Politburo members, arguing against quota-based explanations, and it is much stronger for junior Politburo members, consistent with a role for intra-factional competition. Our findings differ from earlier work because of our emphasis on within-group variation, and our focus on shared hometown and college, rather than shared workplace, connections.
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