Breaking the Shackles: How do Patronage Networks Overcome Dependent Development？

• In Event: Patronage and Central-Local Relations in China

Brief Overview

This study explains how China defied dependency theory. At the subnational level, patronage ties moderate the negative impact of foreign capital dependence on government preference for independent innovation.

Authors

• Chengyuan Ji, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

• Yi Jin, Shanghai Jiao Tong University