The King Can Do No Wrong
Speaker: Jiahua Che (CEIBS)
Date: Nov 1, Thursday, 2018
Time: 12 pm - 1 pm
Venue: Room 1000 at Pudong Campus
Abstract:
China removed the criminal immunity originally enjoyed by its leaders in its anti-corruption campaign. Absent fundamental changes in the political institution— where incumbent leaders, instead of citizens at large, select the next leaders—such a partial reform pays off only if (i) it takes place at the “right” time, (ii) it goes easy on corrupt low-rank officials, and (iii) the government is reasonably centralized. Failing any of these, such a partial reform would lead to rampant corruption throughout the government hierarchy, an outcome far worse than retaining leader immunity.
Speaker’s website:
https://sites.google.com/site/jiahuache/
Speaker: Jiahua Che (CEIBS)
Date: Nov 1, Thursday, 2018
Time: 12 pm - 1 pm
Venue: Room 1000 at Pudong Campus
Abstract:
China removed the criminal immunity originally enjoyed by its leaders in its anti-corruption campaign. Absent fundamental changes in the political institution— where incumbent leaders, instead of citizens at large, select the next leaders—such a partial reform pays off only if (i) it takes place at the “right” time, (ii) it goes easy on corrupt low-rank officials, and (iii) the government is reasonably centralized. Failing any of these, such a partial reform would lead to rampant corruption throughout the government hierarchy, an outcome far worse than retaining leader immunity.
Speaker’s website:
https://sites.google.com/site/jiahuache/