One Mandarin Benefits the Whole Clan: Hometown Favoritism in an Authoritarian Regime
研究越南威权体制下官员晋升对其父系祖先家乡基础设施的影响，发现晋升带来广泛改善，偏袒普遍存在且集中于无权小公社，受地方治理和家族观念影响。
We study patronage politics in authoritarian Vietnam, using an exhaustive panel of ranking officials from 2000 to 2010 to estimate their promotions' impact on infrastructure in their hometowns of patrilineal ancestry. Native officials' promotions lead to a broad range of hometown infrastructure improvement. Hometown favoritism is pervasive across all ranks, even among officials without budget authority, except among elected legislators. Favors are narrowly targeted toward small communes that have no political power, and are strengthened with bad local governance and strong local family values. The evidence suggests a likely motive of social preferences for hometown.