The Power of Political Portraits: Experimental Evidence from China

• In Event: Factions and Elite Politics in China

Brief Overview

In a Chinese survey experiment, we demonstrate the existence of leader-like facial cues. Lower-level officials with leader-like facial cues are considered to be more competent, more trustworthy, more electable, and more commanding.

Authors

• Tao Li, University of Macau

• Rodrigo Praino

• Zhenyu Wang, University of Macau