Relative performance evaluation and the turnover of provincial leaders in China

Economics Letters

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 421-425

  Chen, Ye ^a   Li, Hongbin ^b   Zhou, Li An ^a  

^a Peking University   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Incentives of local government; Relative performance evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 22144438661     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2005.05.003     Document Type: Article

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