Machine-learning analysis of leadership formation in China to parse the roles of loyalty and institutional norms

• Main Authors: Lee, Jonghyuk, Shih, Victor C.
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: Social Sciences; Chinese Politics; Machine Learning
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/173507
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

A thriving cottage industry has long tried to predict the selection outcomes of the Chinese leadership using qualitative judgments based on historical trends and elite interviews. This study contributes to the discourse by adopting machine-learning techniques to quantitatively and systematically eva...