While the literature on consumption insurance is growing fast, little research has been conducted on how rural consumption insurance is affected by democracy. In this paper the authors examine how consumption insurance of Chinese rural residents is affected if the local leader is democratically...

Over last three decades, Chinaa s economic success amazed the world. It can be traced back to the year 1978 when the Communist Party of China decided to pursue a a reform and opening upa policy. There are a lot of literature on the subject. However, the cultural aspect of China's economic...