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Grassroots Democracy and Income Distribution : Evidence from Village Elections in China

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  • Yan Shen

    (Peking University)

  • Yang Yao
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    Paper provided by East Asian Bureau of Economic Research in its series Governance Working Papers with number 21901.

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    Keywords: grassroots democracy; Income Distribution; dynamic panel model;

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    1. Deininger, Klaus & Jin, Songqing, 2007. "Securing property rights in transition: lessons from implementation of China's rural land contracting law," Policy Research Working Paper Series 4447, The World Bank.
    2. Wang, Honglin & Reardon, Thomas, 2008. "Social Learning and Parameter Uncertainty in Irreversible Investment----Evidence from Greenhouse Adoption in Northern China," 2008 Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2008, Orlando, Florida 6310, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).

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