Political Reforms and the Fate of Factions in Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party

• In Event: The Political Economy of Groups

Brief Overview

Japan implemented major reforms on campaign finance in 1975 and 1994. The 1975 reform had heterogeneous impacts across factions within the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and hence affected the direction of the party's leadership onward.

Authors

• Matthew Carlson, University of Vermont

• Masaki Nakabayashi, The University of Tokyo