Factions in Nondemocracies: Theory and Evidence From the Chinese Communist Party

• DOI: 10.3982/ecta19274
• Publication Date: 2023-03-13T11:48:34Z
• Authors: Patrick Francois; Francesco Trebbi; Kairong Xiao
• Keywords: Empirical evidence

This paper theoretically and empirically investigates factional arrangements within the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), governing political party of People's Republic China. Using detailed biographical information elites in Central Committee provincial governments, we present a set new empirical regularities CCP, including systematic patterns cross‐factional balancing at different levels hierarchy substantial faction premia promotions. We propose estimate an organizational economic model to characterize politics single‐party nondemocratic regimes its implications.