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Victor Shih

University of California, San Diego (UCSD)

9500 Gilman Dr., 0519

La Jolla, CA 92093-0519

United States

  • University of California, San Diego (UCSD)

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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6

Scholarly Papers (4)

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Compensation and the Consolidation of Authoritarian Power: Evidence from China's 2016 PLA Reform *

21st Century China Center Research Paper No. 2024-2
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 30 Oct 2023 Last Revised: 03 Aug 2025
Keng-Chi Chang, Victor Shih and Hans Tung
University of California, San Diego (UCSD), University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and National Taiwan University - Department of Political Science
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Divide and Rule, 2016 PLA Reform, Guardianship Dilemma, Power Sharing, Chinese Politics, Collective Action, Moral Hazard JEL Classification:D73, D74, H11, H56

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Elite Cleavage and the Rise of Capitalism under Authoritarianism: A Tale of Two Provinces in China

21st Century China Center Research Paper No. 2021-11
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 20 Sep 2021 Last Revised: 03 Dec 2021
Qi Zhang, Dong Zhang, Mingxing Liu and Victor Shih
Fudan University, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST), Peking University - School of Government and University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
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Authoritarianism, elite cleavage, elite politics, Chinese politics

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Elite Conflicts and the Path to Economic Decentralization

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 29 Jan 2025
Dong Zhang, Mingxing Liu and Victor Shih
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST), Peking University - School of Government and University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
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Revolution, State Building, and the Great Famine in China

Political Research Quarterly 76, (3) 2023: 1058–1073.
Number of pages: 79 Posted: 07 Oct 2023
Mingxing Liu, Victor Shih and Dong Zhang
Peking University - School of Government, University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST)
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Authoritarian regimes, accountability, state building, strong states, famine