Sources of Authoritarian Responsiveness: A Field Experiment in China
Jidong Chen,Jennifer Pan,Yiqing Xu — Sources of Authoritarian Responsiveness: A Field Experiment in China (2016)Jidong Chen; Jennifer Pan; Yiqing Xu · 2016 · Article · AbstractEstablishedSource attached · not independently reviewedCLM-1062 · as of 2026-10-30 · about: Petition and complaint systems (xinfang) · Author: Polity Atlas editorial team
“In an online field experiment in 2,103 Chinese counties, Chen, Pan and Xu found that about one-third of county governments responded to citizen requests, and that threats of collective action or of reporting to higher levels made them considerably more responsive.”
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Constituency Service under Nondemocratic Rule: Evidence from China
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