Saul Wilson
Biographic Data
| ID | 3586349 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Saul Wilson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Saul |
| FAMILY NAME | Wilson |
| SIGNATURE | WILSON S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Australian National University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7939-0862 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Fencing Off
How do municipal officials secure autonomy in a political system marked by steep hierarchy and frequent top-down interventions? We examine how urban planning technocrats and municipal leaders in China design institutions to protect planning decisions against interference from their bureaucratic superiors. We find that municipal officials sometimes sought to protect their flagship projects and avoid blame for corrupt plan modifications by carving …
The Origins of Land Finance
Land sales have been a significant source of revenue for Chinese local governments since the early 2000s. Contrary to popular belief, local governments did not turn to land finance to make up for lost tax revenues after the 1994 tax sharing reform. Rather, both before and after 1994, corrupt land sales were widespread, as officials sold land far below market prices in return for bribes. Even as the fiscal incentives for local governments to adopt…
The Landlord State
States routinely intervene in the pricing and allocation of capital and labor when engaging in industrial policy. Drawing on evidence from China, where a landlord state imposed a state monopoly on urban land, this article shows how interventions in the pricing and allocation of land can also be put into the service of industrial policy. Much like other tools of industrial policy, state pricing and allocation of land requires a strong state, manif…
The Making of the Landless Landlord Peasant
China’s rapid urbanization has generated a substantial population of “landless peasants,” villagers whose farmland has been fully expropriated. The fate of these “landless peasants” has varied greatly from locale to locale. In many cities, they have become wealthy urban landlords; in others, they have been pushed aside in the urbanization process. When they have become urban landlords, they have often done so through the formation of village coll…
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The Making of the Landless Landlord Peasant
China’s rapid urbanization has generated a substantial population of “landless peasants,” villagers whose farmland has been fully expropriated. The fate of these “landless peasants” has varied greatly from locale to locale. In many cities, they have become wealthy urban landlords; in others, they have been pushed aside in the urbanization process. When they have become urban landlords, they have often done so through the formation of village coll…
The Landlord State
States routinely intervene in the pricing and allocation of capital and labor when engaging in industrial policy. Drawing on evidence from China, where a landlord state imposed a state monopoly on urban land, this article shows how interventions in the pricing and allocation of land can also be put into the service of industrial policy. Much like other tools of industrial policy, state pricing and allocation of land requires a strong state, manif…
Fencing Off
How do municipal officials secure autonomy in a political system marked by steep hierarchy and frequent top-down interventions? We examine how urban planning technocrats and municipal leaders in China design institutions to protect planning decisions against interference from their bureaucratic superiors. We find that municipal officials sometimes sought to protect their flagship projects and avoid blame for corrupt plan modifications by carving …
The Origins of Land Finance
Land sales have been a significant source of revenue for Chinese local governments since the early 2000s. Contrary to popular belief, local governments did not turn to land finance to make up for lost tax revenues after the 1994 tax sharing reform. Rather, both before and after 1994, corrupt land sales were widespread, as officials sold land far below market prices in return for bribes. Even as the fiscal incentives for local governments to adopt…
China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance (3 works) · Business (2 works) · China (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Landlord (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · anti-corruption campaign (1 work) · bribery (1 work) · Chinese history and philosophy (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work)