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Meritocracy in Autocracies: Origins and Consequences

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  • Weijia Li

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Prize winner of the 2020 Asia‐Pacific Prize in Economic History, awarded by the Economic History Society of Australia and New Zealand for the best dissertation in Asia‐Pacific Economic History.

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  • Weijia Li, 2020. "Meritocracy in Autocracies: Origins and Consequences," Australian Economic History Review, Economic History Society of Australia and New Zealand, vol. 60(2), pages 250-258, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:ozechr:v:60:y:2020:i:2:p:250-258
    DOI: 10.1111/aehr.12197
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