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Mixing Business with Politics: Political Participation by Entrepreneurs in China
Feng, Xunan; Johansson, Anders C.; Zhang, Tianyu - Stockholm China Economic Research Institute, … - 2013
We study how Chinese private entrepreneurs benefit from participating in politics. Using original hand-collected data on listed firms controlled by private entrepreneurs, we document a significant positive relationship between political participation and change in firm performance. We also...
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The State Advances, the Private Sector Retreats: Firm Effects of China’s Great Stimulus Program
Johansson, Anders C.; Feng, Xunan - Stockholm China Economic Research Institute, … - 2013
It has been argued that the Chinese state sector is advancing at the cost of the private sector. Focusing on publicly listed firms which are divided into state- and private-controlled firms, we investigate preferential access to debt and effects on firm performance. Focusing on the large...
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SPACs with focus on China
Shachmurove, Yochanan; Vulanovic, Milos - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für … - 2014
for companies from China in period 2004-2011. We offer the evidence that, similarly to evidence from studies on reverse … mergers focusing on China, SPACs that focus on China are not different in their characteristics from other SPACs. We test for … the performance of the SPACs focused on China and show that their performance is not inferior to the performance of other …
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Institutional changes of Specified Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs)
Lakicevic, Milan; Shachmurove, Yochanan; Vulanovic, Milos - In: The North American Journal of Economics and Finance 28 (2014) C, pp. 149-169
focuses on China and when their IPO is underwritten by Early Bird Capital. …
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Political participation and entrepreneurial initial public offerings in China
Feng, Xunan; Johansson, Anders C.; Zhang, Tianyu - In: Journal of Comparative Economics 42 (2014) 2, pp. 269-285
This paper examines the economic consequences of political participation by entrepreneurs in China. Using unique data …
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Political economy of private firms in China
Guo, Di; Jiang, Kun; Kim, Byung-Yeon; Xu, Chenggang - In: Journal of Comparative Economics 42 (2014) 2, pp. 286-303
The sweeping change in political economy associated with the rapid growth of the private sector in China is rarely …
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Financial management in China
Jiang, Zhan; Kim, Kenneth A. - In: Journal of Multinational Financial Management 23 (2013) 3, pp. 125-133
China. We provide a brief literature review of China's financial management policies, practices, and recent research …
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Current tendencies in corporate governance system in Russia
Fiedorczuk, Monika; Grabowiecki, Jerzy - In: Ekonomia i Prawo 13 (2014) 3, pp. 341-357
The aim of this article is to analyze current selected tendencies in Russian corporate governance system that have been observed in the past few years. The corporate governance in Russia started formulating in the nineties of the 20th century as a result of the privatization process. It’s...
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Political Connections and Firm Value: Evidence from the Regression Discontinuity Design of Close Gubernatorial Elections
Do, Quoc-Anh; Lee, Yen-Teik; Nguyen, Bang Dang - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
Using the regression discontinuity design of close gubernatorial elections in the U.S., we identify a significant and positive impact of the social networks of corporate directors and politicians on firm value. Firms connected to elected governors increase their value by 3.89%. Political...
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Do women directors improve firm performance in China?
Liu, Yu; Wei, Zuobao; Xie, Feixue - In: Journal of Corporate Finance 28 (2014) C, pp. 169-184
This paper examines the effect of board gender diversity on firm performance in China's listed firms from 1999 to 2011 …-controlled firms. This paper sheds new light on China's boardroom dynamics. As governments increasingly contemplate board gender …
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