Political trust as rational belief: Evidence from Chinese village elections

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 108-121

  Tao, Ran ^a   Su, Fubing ^b   Sun, Xin ^c   Lu, Xi ^d  

^a RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b VASSAR COLLEGE   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

China; Democratization; Political trust; Villagers' committee elections; Voting

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951722565     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: 10957227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2010.09.004     Document Type: Article

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