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The Political Development Of China, Taiwan And Hong Kong Since The Late 1970s : Problems And Prospects, Yiu Chung Wong
The Political Development Of China, Taiwan And Hong Kong Since The Late 1970s : Problems And Prospects, Yiu Chung Wong
Centre for Public Policy Studies : CPPS Working Paper Series
This paper attempts to sketch in outline the key political development in China, Taiwan and Hong Kong over the last ten years or so, and to probe into the inner dynamics behind these changes and, finally, to discuss their future direction.
Corruption By Design : Bribery In Chinese Enterprise Licensing, Melanie Manion
Corruption By Design : Bribery In Chinese Enterprise Licensing, Melanie Manion
CAPS Working Paper Series
This article presents a game theoretic institutional analysis of bureaucratic corruption: bribery in Chinese enterprise licensing. Formal structures and informal expectations are identified as features of "institutional design" that shape choices by strategic individuals to produce corrupt outcomes. Bribery (as an equilibrium) is deductively derived as a solution in a signaling game; the game form is empirically derived from features of institutional design. Exercises in comparative statics explore the robustness of bribery as an equilibrium when game parameter values are altered to reflect changes in institutional design. The exercises indicate that reducing corruption, in the sense of reducing bribe sizes, …
North Korean Nuclear Weapons Policy : An Expected Utility Analysis, David Newman
North Korean Nuclear Weapons Policy : An Expected Utility Analysis, David Newman
Centre for Public Policy Studies : CPPS Working Paper Series
This paper models the pressures being brought to bear on the North Koreans, the prospects for successfully changing North Korean policy, and explores other strategies, perhaps more successful seeks to continue to establish the role expected utility modeling can play in foreign policy analysis.