Working-papers

Promotion Incentives, Political Competition, and Public Land Prices
Promotion incentives and political competition motivate local leaders to inflate residential land prices, leading to increased conflicts, reduced trust in and evaluation of local government. The negative political consequences are particularly pronounced among young generation.
Qing Chang
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Promotion Incentives, Political Competition, and Public Land Prices
Political Selection, Resource Allocation, and Long-term Economic Growth
This paper develops a model to study the political incentives of resource misallocation and its consequences on long-term economic growth in a political promotion system.
Qing Chang
Political Selection, Resource Allocation, and Long-term Economic Growth
Land Price Distortion and Rural Inequality
This paper provides systematically empirical evidence of how local governments’ intervention in residential land prices worsens rural inequality.
Qing Chang
Land Price Distortion and Rural Inequality