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By analyzing the data collected from the Chinese coal industry, this chapter mainly validates that the primary cause of coalmine accidents is collusion and provides empirical evidence for testing collusion in the hope of helping those interested students apply this approach to other fields.
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Nie, H. (2017). Collusion and Coalmine Accidents. In: Collusion, Local Governments and Development in China. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5059-6_3
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