In this paper, we examine how social networks among political leaders matter for state capacity. Using a unique data set covering the government work reports of city and central governments, we find that city leaders with hometown connections with Politburo Standing Committee Members implement...

In this paper, I study the effects of hometown favoritism on intercity investments in China, or more specifically, whether and how local government officials will bring more investments from their hometown to their workplace. In generalized difference-in-differences specifications, I find that...

In this paper, I study the peer effects in corruption, or more specifically, how sharing hometown or college ties with other officials who have been investigated for corruption affects an official's likelihood of being investigated for corruption himself. In specifications including fixed...

We employ a unique dataset on Chinese firm registration to examine how hometown ties in political network affect capital allocation. We use a quasi experimental design that relies on the relocation of officials across Chinese cities. We find that hometown ties between city party secretaries...

We examine how hometown ties among local politicians affect capital allocation in China. We use a difference-in-differences design that relies on the exogenous replacements of city officials. Our results indicate that hometown ties between city party secretaries increase city-dyad investment by...

I study organizations in which agents are connected through a fixed, un-directed, and unweighted network, and work collectively to produce a team output. Besides choosing own effort that contributes directly to the team output, agents can also exert helping effort to their network neighbors so...

This article studies a networked organization in which agents work to directly increase the team’s output and help neighbors to reduce the disutility of working. I establish the existence and uniqueness of the equilibrium of a two-stage game in which agents first decide how much helping effort...