Incentive or Selection? A New Investigation of Local Leaders' Political Turnover in China

doi:10.1111/ssqu.12280

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	Incentive or Selection? A New Investigation of Local Leaders' Political Turnover in China
	Chen, Jie 1; Luo, Danglun 2; She, Guoman 3; Ying, Qianwei 4
刊名	SOCIAL SCIENCE QUARTERLY
	2017-03
卷号	98 期号:1 页码:341-359
ISSN号	0038-4941
DOI	10.1111/ssqu.12280
英文摘要	Objectives. This article aims to investigate how local leaders' promotion is governed by the central state's concerns of maintaining political legitimacy in China. Methods. We offer a theoretical framework regarding how to understand the statistical association between economic performance and local leaders' promotion in China. The empirical work is based on Probit models that were applied on a panel of data covering local leaders of 335 cities between 1999 and 2009. Results. Our research confirms that a better record of relative local economic growth significantly boosts the promotion probability of the city-level party secretary. However, the importance of economic work will significantly decrease if the cadres have strong open signals of their competence. Conclusions. The findings in this article suggest that there exists a performance-based screening scheme for selecting political elites in China. Portraying the positive image of political elites by the "tags" of their capacity in fostering economic development helps to boost both regime legitimacy and political authoritativeness in the Chinese-style authoritative political regime.
WOS研究方向	Government & Law ; Sociology
语种	英语
出版者	WILEY
WOS记录号	WOS:000394994100021
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://10.2.47.112/handle/2XS4QKH4/1017]
专题	上海财经大学
通讯作者	Luo, Danglun
作者单位	1.Shanghai Univ Finance & Econ, Shanghai, Peoples R China; 2.Sun Yat Sen Univ, Guangzhou, Guangdong, Peoples R China; 3.Hong Kong Univ Sci & Technol, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China; 4.Sichuan Univ, Chengdu, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Chen, Jie,Luo, Danglun,She, Guoman,et al. Incentive or Selection? A New Investigation of Local Leaders' Political Turnover in China[J]. SOCIAL SCIENCE QUARTERLY,2017,98(1):341-359.
APA	Chen, Jie,Luo, Danglun,She, Guoman,&Ying, Qianwei.(2017).Incentive or Selection? A New Investigation of Local Leaders' Political Turnover in China.SOCIAL SCIENCE QUARTERLY,98(1),341-359.
MLA	Chen, Jie,et al."Incentive or Selection? A New Investigation of Local Leaders' Political Turnover in China".SOCIAL SCIENCE QUARTERLY 98.1(2017):341-359.