One Mandarin Benefits the Whole Clan: Hometown Infrastructure and Nepotism in an Autocracy

One Mandarin Benefits the Whole Clan: Hometown Infrastructure and Nepotism in an Autocracy

This paper studies nepotism by government officials in an authoritarian regime. We collect a unique dataset of political promotions of officials in Vietnam and estimate their impact on public infrastructure in their hometowns. We find strong positive effects on several outcomes, some with lags, incl...

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Main Authors: NGUYEN, Kieu-Trang, DO, Quoc-Anh, TRAN, Anh
Format: text
Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2012
Subjects:
nepotism
infrastructure construction
official’s hometown
political connection
political promotion
social preference
directed altruism.
Political Economy
Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/1383
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soe_research/article/2382/viewcontent/Nguyen_Do_Tran_Mandarin_Nov11_V2.pdf
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Institution: Singapore Management University
Language: English

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