The competence-loyalty tradeoff in China's political selection

@article{Wang2022TheCT,
  title={The competence-loyalty tradeoff in China's political selection},
  author={Zhaoguang Wang and Yang Yao and Junni Zhang},
  journal={Journal of Comparative Economics},
  year={2022}
}
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