Vertical political ties and the growth behavior of Chinese subnational leaders

Speaker: Wang Wei, second year master student of management at National School of Development

Time: November  3rd (Thursday) 12:30pm-14:00pm

Location: Wanzhong Building（万众小教室）National School of Development, Peking U.

 

 

Abstract

 

This paper examines how different types of vertical political ties (strong tie and weak tie) affect the growth behavior of the Chinese subnational leaders. It highlights that vertical political ties not only can be resources for leaders, but also will have an impact on leaders' growth behavior. With a city-leader pair data collected from 276 cities in China for the period 2000-2010, it also provides an empirical test for the conclusions.

 

BIO

Wei WANG is a second year master student of management in National School of Development. Before that, she gained her Bachelor degree of Economics in Department of Economics, School of Economics in Peking University.

 

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