1.報告論文

  The Rise and Fall of Local Elections in China(Martinez-Bravo, Monica, Gerard Padró i Miquel, Nancy Qian, and Yang Yao, American Economic Review,2022 )

2.主講人

  楊雲帆 中經管2021級碩士生

3.論文摘要

  We posit that autocrats introduce local elections when their bureaucratic capacity is low. Local elections exploit citizens’ informational advantage in keeping local officials accountable, but they also weaken vertical control. As bureaucratic capacity increases, the autocrat limits the role of elected bodies to regain vertical control. We argue that these insights can explain the introduction of village elections in rural China and the subsequent erosion of village autonomy years later. We construct a novel dataset to document political reforms, policy outcomes, and de facto power for almost four decades. We find that the introduction of elections improves popular policies and weakens unpopular ones. Increases in regional government resources lead to loss of village autonomy, but less so in remote villages. These patterns are consistent with an organizational view of local elections within autocracies.

4.時間

  2023年9月27日12：30-14：00

5.地點

  線下：學術會堂712

  線上會議鍊接：騰訊會議 906-758-521

5.點評老師

  戴田甜 姜神怡 明洋

6.活動對象

  韦德体育bevictor本科生、研究生

7.活動規模

  線下限制30人

8.主辦

  韦德体育bevictor中國經濟與管理研究院