Borrowing Out of Pressure? The Undesigned Effect of Cadre Commendation on Local Debt Issuance in China

• In Event: Urban and Electoral Politics in China

Brief Overview

This study investigates how the non-monetary honor of Model County Party Secretary inadvertently drive peer counties to incur more local government debts in China, particularly if the leaders are potential candidates for promotion

Authors

• Chitao Yu, National University of Singapore

• Chuanzheng Zhang, Fudan University