This paper develops a theory of the interaction between appropriative conflict and economic growth. Appropriative conflict, as measured by the diversion of resources, is viewed as the cost of securing effective property rights. We identify conditions under which conflict rises or falls as the rate of economic growth improves. The main implication of the analysis is that if the quality of proper...

Parenting styles are critical for fostering children's empathy and prosociality. Yet these relations haven't been well established for Chinese children, and the underlying mechanisms were seldom explored. Drawing upon parental acceptance-rejection theory and empathy-altruism hypothesis, the objective of this study was to investigate the relationships between perceived parenting styles and altru...

Intergovernmental grants have been conventionally explained on the basis of either equity/efficiency and/or institutional considerations. As a result empirical approaches to grants have usually examined the impact of these transfers on recipient government expenditures, rather than evaluated the impact on the donor government and/or its political agents. The alternative public choice approach a...