Diegmann, André; Pohlan, Laura; Weber, Andrea - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle - 2024
We study how connections to German federal parliamentarians affect firm dynamics by constructing a novel dataset to … measure connections between politicians and the universe of firms. To identify the causal effect of access to political power … election lists. Our results reveal that connections lead to reductions in firm exits, gradual increases in employment growth …