FEDERALISM AND THE BALANCE OF POWER: CHINA'S HAN AND TANG DYNASTIES AND THE ROMAN EMPIRE

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Title:	FEDERALISM AND THE BALANCE OF POWER: CHINA'S HAN AND TANG DYNASTIES AND THE ROMAN EMPIRE
Authors:	艾德榮
Contributors:	淡江大學經濟學系
Date:	2009-03
Issue Date:	2010-08-09 15:43:04 (UTC+8)
Publisher:	Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia
Abstract:	This paper compares the institutional history of the Han Dynasty (206 BC–AD 220), Tang Dynasty (AD 618–AD 906) and the Roman Empire (27 BC–AD 476). I document a common institutional reform in all three cases: the central government assumed power to appoint key regional officials and diffused authority across a greater number of regional officials. I argue that this served to increase coordination costs among key regional officials, making rebellion and resistance to central directives more costly. As a result, this institutional reform shifted the balance of power toward the central government, giving it more control.
Relation:	Pacific Economic Review 14(1), p.1-21
DOI:	10.1111/j.1468-0106.2009.00430.x
Appears in Collections:	[Graduate Institute & Department of Economics] Journal Article

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