The private sector in public office : selective property rights in China / Yue Hou.

• Introduction -- Selective property rights -- Private entrepreneurs in legislative office -- Motivations to run -- Protection from predation -- Legislator status and political capital -- Conclusion.

• "This book addresses the long-standing puzzle of how China's private sector manages to grow without secure property rights, and proposes a new theory of selective property rights to explain this phenomenon. Drawing on rich empirical evidence including in-depth interviews, a unique national survey of private entrepreneurs, two original national audit experiments and secondary sources, Professor Yue Hou shows that private entrepreneurs in China actively seek opportunities within formal institutions to advance their business interests. By securing seats in the local legislatures, entrepreneurs use their political capital to deter local officials from demanding bribes, ad hoc taxes, and other types of informal payments. In doing so they create a system of selective, individualized, and predictable property rights. This system of selective property rights is key to understanding the private sector growth in the absence of the rule of law."-- 

Ämnesord

Äganderätt  (sao)

Politisk korruption  (sao)

Kommunalrätt  (sao)

Lagstiftande makt  (sao)

Företag och politik  (sao)

Företagare  (sao)

Business and politics  -- China. (LCSH)

Businesspeople  -- Political activity -- China. (LCSH)

Entrepreneurship  -- Political aspects -- China. (LCSH)

Free enterprise  -- Political aspects -- China. (LCSH)

Right of property  -- China. (LCSH)

Legislative bodies  -- China. (LCSH)

Local government  -- China. (LCSH)

Political corruption  -- China. (LCSH)

Business and politics.  (fast)

Legislative bodies.  (fast)

Local government.  (fast)

Political corruption.  (fast)

Right of property.  (fast)

Korruption  (gnd)

Politische Beteiligung  (gnd)

Unternehmer  (gnd)

Businesspeople  -- Political activity. (fast)

Fri företagsamhet  -- politiska aspekter (sao)

Entreprenörskap  -- politiska aspekter (sao)

Legislative power  (LCSH)

Political corruption  (LCSH)

Business and politics  (LCSH)

Right of property  (LCSH)

Businessmen  (LCSH)

Businesspeople  (LCSH)

Kina  (sao)

China.  (fast)

China  (gnd)

Klassifikation

JQ1509.5.B8 (LCC)

323.4/60951 (DDC)

Oc.01 (kssb/8 (machine generated))