This appendix provides the complete list of sample firms and the robustness checks results discussed in the paper, Industrial Policy and Asset Prices: Stock Market Reactions to Made In China 2025 Policy Announcements, found here:"https://ssrn.com/abstract=3521006" https://ssrn.com/abstract=3521006

Appendix available here:"https://ssrn.com/abstract=3525571" https://ssrn.com/abstract=3525571.We study the link between industrial policy and asset prices by using the Made in China 2025 industrial policy, announced in May 2015, as an external shock. We track Chinese firms and U.S. firms in ten...

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