Signal and political accountability: environmental petitions in China
| Autor: | Pi-Han Tsai, Jiankun Lu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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05 social sciences
Social instability Public administration 0506 political science Politics 0502 economics and business Accountability 050602 political science & public administration International political economy Economics Political philosophy 050207 economics Business and International Management China General Economics Econometrics and Finance Public finance |
| Zdroj: | Economics of Governance. 18:391-418 |
| ISSN: | 1435-8131 1435-6104 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10101-017-0197-5 |
| Popis: | Vertical accountability in China has long been considered as essentially indirect or informal. This paper provides evidence that direct local accountability may exist to a greater or lesser degree in China under current political institutions. By using provincial environmental petition data, this paper finds that the number of environmental petitions is positively associated with provincial governments’ investments in pollution mitigation. The increased petitions serve as a signal to provincial leaders of the possibility of potential social instability. However, since “local” provincial party secretaries are better informed, the signaling effect of the petitions is lessened in these cases. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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