Retrospective economic accountability under authoritarianism evidence from China

Political Research Quarterly

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 378-390

  Guo, Gang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

China; County leaders; Economic performance; Government turnover; Responsibility hypothesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548848578     PISSN: 10659129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1065912907304501     Document Type: Article

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