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Article: Judging a book by its Cover: The influence of physical attractiveness on the promotion of regional leaders

TitleJudging a book by its Cover: The influence of physical attractiveness on the promotion of regional leaders
Authors
KeywordsDiscrimination
Political turnover
Economic performance
Issue Date2019
Citation
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2019, v. 158, p. 1-14 How to Cite?
Abstract© 2019 Elsevier B.V. We investigate the determinants of the promotion of Chinese municipal leaders and find that leaders with greater perceived attractiveness have a higher probability of promotion. Further exploration shows no correlation between a leader's facial traits and local economic growth under his jurisdiction. Essentially, a senior government official's look significantly affects his chance of promotion but says very little about his ability to advance the local economy. Our findings suggest that appearance-based discrimination exists when Chinese political hierarchy screens political elites.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/285826
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2023 Impact Factor: 2.3
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.326
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dc.contributor.authorLing, Leng-
dc.contributor.authorLuo, Danglun-
dc.contributor.authorShe, Guoman-
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-18T04:56:45Z-
dc.date.available2020-08-18T04:56:45Z-
dc.date.issued2019-
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2019, v. 158, p. 1-14-
dc.identifier.issn0167-2681-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/285826-
dc.description.abstract© 2019 Elsevier B.V. We investigate the determinants of the promotion of Chinese municipal leaders and find that leaders with greater perceived attractiveness have a higher probability of promotion. Further exploration shows no correlation between a leader's facial traits and local economic growth under his jurisdiction. Essentially, a senior government official's look significantly affects his chance of promotion but says very little about his ability to advance the local economy. Our findings suggest that appearance-based discrimination exists when Chinese political hierarchy screens political elites.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Economic Behavior and Organization-
dc.subjectDiscrimination-
dc.subjectPolitical turnover-
dc.subjectEconomic performance-
dc.titleJudging a book by its Cover: The influence of physical attractiveness on the promotion of regional leaders-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.description.naturelink_to_subscribed_fulltext-
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jebo.2019.01.005-
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-85060056641-
dc.identifier.hkuros327500-
dc.identifier.volume158-
dc.identifier.spage1-
dc.identifier.epage14-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000461002700001-
dc.identifier.ssrn2834626-
dc.identifier.issnl0167-2681-

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