Measuring the Goals and Incentives of Local Chinese Officials

The 50 topic model yielded more intuitive results and forms the focus of subsequent analysis
(Chang et al., 2009). A topic clearly emerged for 39 of the 50 topics, while a coherent
Figure 5: Words from sample topics
(a) Economic development (b) Health and social security (c) Land rights and housing
(d) Emergency response
(e) Government approval process (f) Public procurement and tenders
topic was not easily discernible for the remaining 11. Figure 5 shows the most prominent
50 words, sized by their frequency, for six example topics.
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