China's local political budget cycles

American Journal of Political Science

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 621-632

  Guo, Gang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650954388     PISSN: 00925853     EISSN: 15405907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5907.2009.00390.x     Document Type: Article

References (44)

1. Alt, James E., and David Dreyer Lassen. 2006 Transparency, Political Polarization, and Political Budget Cycles in OECD Countries American Journal of Political Science 50 (3 530 50.
2. Bo, Zhiyue. 2002. Chinese Provincial Leaders: Economic Performance and Political Mobility since 1949. Armonk, NY : M.E. Sharpe.
3. Bunce, Valerie Jane. 1980 The Succession Connection: Policy Cycles and Political Change in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe The American Political Science Review 74 (4 966 77.
4. Cai, Hongbin, and Daniel Treisman. 2006 Did Government Decentralization Cause China's Economic Miracle World Politics 58 (4 505 35.
5. Central Committee, Chinese Communist Party. 1995. Dangzheng lingdao ganbu xuanba renyong gongzuo zanxing tiaoli (Provisional Regulations on the Selection, Promotion, and Employment of Party and Government Leading Cadres).
6. Central Committee, Chinese Communist Party. 2002. Dangzheng lingdao ganbu xuanba renyong gongzuo tiaoli (Regulations on the Selection, Promotion, and Employment of Party and Government Leading Cadres).
7. Central Organization Department, Chinese Communist Party. 1979. Guanyu shixing ganbu kaohe zhidu de yijian (Opinion on Implementing the System of Check on Cadres). November 21.
8. Central Organization Department, Chinese Communist Party. 1988. Xian (shi, qu) dangzheng lingdao ganbu niandu gongzuo kaohe fang'an (shixing) (Trial Program of the Annual Check on the Work of Leading Party and Government Cadres in Counties (Cities, Districts)). June 6.
9. Central Organization Department, Chinese Communist Party. 1998. Dangzheng lingdao ganbu kaohe gongzuo zanxing guiding (Provisional Regulations on the Check of Party and Government Leaders). May 26, Document No. [1998]6.
10. Deng, Xiaoping. [1980] 1993 Dang he guojia lingdao zhidu de gaige" (The Reform of the Party and State Leadership System). Selected Works of Deng Xiaoping 2 : 320 43. Beijing, China : People's Press.
11. Dewatripont, Mathias, Ian Jewitt, and Jean Tirole. 1999 The Economics of Career Concerns, Part II: Application to Missions and Accountability of Government Agencies Review of Economic Studies 66 (226 199 217.
12. Dong, Xueqing, Heping Zhang, and Zeyuan Zhang. 2005 Xianwei shuji caifang lu [Record of Interviews of County Party Secretaries Liaowang News Weekly, http://news.sohu.com/20051107/n227428593.shtml (February 13, 2009).
13. Frye, Timothy, and Edward D. Mansfield. 2004 Timing Is Everything: Elections and Trade Liberalization in the Postcommunist World Comparative Political Studies 37 (4 371 98.
14. Gong, Weibin. 2007 Xin yijie huanjie gaofeng bada qidai" (Eight Expectations on the New Wave of Turnovers). Renmin Luntan (People's Forum), Issue 7, http://unn.people.com.cn/GB/14748/5565932.html (April 6, 2007).
15. Guo, Gang. 2007 Retrospective Economic Accountability under Authoritarianism Political Research Quarterly 60 (3 378 90.
16. Guo, Gang. 2008 Vertical Imbalance and Local Fiscal Discipline in China Journal of East Asian Studies 8 (1 61 88.
17. He, Guoqiang. 2004 Zai Deng Xiaoping shengping he sixiang yantaohui kaimushi shang de fayan" (Speech at the Opening Ceremony of the Symposium on Deng Xiaoping's Life and Thoughts). People's Daily, August 26, 6.
18. Holmström, Bengt. 1999 Managerial Incentive Problems: A Dynamic Perspective Review of Economic Studies 66 (226 169 82.
19. Ji, Ying. 2006 Zhengji gongcheng qianxi (Analysis of 'Political Achievement Projects') Zhongguo shichang (China Market), Issue 9, http://www.cnki.net (April 20, 2008).
20. Jin, Hehui, Yingyi Qian, and Barry R. Weingast. 2005 Regional Decentralization and Fiscal Incentives: Federalism, Chinese Style Journal of Public Economics 89 : 1719 42.
21. Li, Hongbin, and Li-An Zhou. 2005 Political Turnover and Economic Performance: The Incentive Role of Personnel Control in China Journal of Public Economics 89 : 1743 62.
22. Lohmann, Susanne. 1998 Rationalizing the Political Business Cycle: A Workhorse Model Economics and Politics 10 (1 1 17. (Pubitemid 128441799)
23. Manion, Melanie. 1993. Retirement of Revolutionaries in China: Public Policies, Social Norms, Private Interests. Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press.
24. Mertha, Andrew C. 2005 China's 'Soft' Centralization: Shifting Tiao/Kuai Authority Relations The China Quarterly 184 : 791 810. (Pubitemid 43115711)
25. Ministry of Finance, Government of the People's Republic of China. 2005. Fiscal Statistics of Prefectures, Cities, and Counties in China. Beijing, China : China Financial and Economic Publishing House.
26. Ministry of Finance, Government of the People's Republic of China. 2006. China Fiscal Yearbook. Beijing, China : Zhongguo Caizheng Zazhishe.
27. Ministry of Finance, Government of the People's Republic of China. 2008. Report on the Implementation of 2007 Budget and the Draft of the 2008 Budget. http://www.gov.cn/2008ysbg/content-929086.htm (June 5, 2008).
28. O'Brien, Kevin J., and Lianjiang Li. 1999 Selective Policy Implementation in Rural China Comparative Politics 31 (2 167 86.
29. Peng, Guohua. 2006 Dui paobuqianjin paoguan chengfeng de fenxi" (Analysis of the Craze of Visiting Ministries to Lobby for Money and of Lobbying for Official Appointment). People's Daily, August 18, 9.
30. Roeder, Philip G. 1985 Do New Soviet Leaders Really Make a Difference? Rethinking the 'Succession Connection The American Political Science Review 79 (4 958 76.
31. Song, Guangyong, and Yong He. 2003 Zhongguo shizhang meiguo 'congzheng' xinde" (What a Chinese Mayor Learned from 'Engaging in Politics' in US). People's Daily, http://www.people.com.cn/GB/guandian/183/6103/6104/2151450.html (October 27, 2003).
32. State Statistical Bureau, Government of the People's Republic of China. 1992. China Statistical Yearbook. Beijing : China Statistical Press.
33. Stiglitz, Joseph E. 2002 Information and the Change in the Paradigm in Economics The American Economic Review 92 (3 460 501.
34. Tao, Yi-feng. 2006 The Evolution of 'Political Business Cycle' in Post-Mao China Issues and Studies 42 (1 163 94.
35. The Beijing News. 2006 Shelun: 'Zhiwen' rang lianghui geng ju huoli" (Editorial: 'Interrogations' Made the Two Sessions More Lively). The Beijing News (Xinjingbao), March 14, A02.
36. Wang, Qin. 1999 Zhuanxingqi dangzheng ganbu xintai yu sixiang zhuangkuang yanjiu" (Study on the Mentality and Ideological Condition of Party and Government Cadres during Transition Period). Zhejiang shehui kexue (Zhejiang Social Sciences), No. 5, September, 70-73.
37. Wang, Rong. 2002 Political Dimensions of County Government Budgeting in China: A Case Study Brighton, Sussex, Great Britain: Institute of Development Studies Working Paper 166, October.
38. Wong, Christine. 2007 Can the Retreat from Equality Be Reversed? An Assessment of Redistributive Fiscal Policies from Deng Xiaoping to Wen Jiabao In Paying for Progress in China, ed. Vivienne Shue and Christine Wong. New York : Routledge, 12 28.
39. Xinhua News Agency. 2006 Zhongzubu fachu 'guanyu jinyibu jiaqiang xian (shi, qu, qi) dang zheng zhengzhi duiwu jianshe de yijian'" (Central Organization Department Issued 'Opinion on Further Strengthening the Building of the Group of Party and Government Leaders of Counties, Cities, Districts, and Qi). People's Daily, January 27, 4.
40. Yang, Dali L. 2004. Remaking the Chinese Leviathan: Market Transition and the Politics of Governance in China. Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press.
41. Yang, Fengchun. 2003 Zheng mishu bi xian zheng lingdao" (To Rectify Secretaries Leaders Must First Be Rectified). Juece zixun (Decision Making Consultation) 11 (1 22 23.
42. Zhang, Xiaosong, and Wenjing Du. 2007 Zhongguo lifa yanfang 'zhengji gongcheng' 'xingxiang gongcheng'" (China Made Law to Strictly Prevent "Political Achievement Projects" and "Appearance Projects"). http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2007-10/28/content-6966540.htm (October 28, 2007).
43. Zhang, Yan, and Xiangqian Shan. 2001 Quanguo ganbu renshi zhidu gaige qude zhongda jinzhan (Great Progress Made in National Reform of Cadre Personnel System). People's Daily, June 25, 4.
44. Zhong, Yang. 2003. Local Government and Politics in China: Challenges from Below. Armonk, NY : M. E. Sharpe.