This paper explores how political connections can influence the likelihood of “going global” by assisting privately owned enterprises (POEs) in China to complete cross-border acquisitions. Using a sample of Chinese POEs from 2007 to 2016, we show that politically connected POEs are more...

This paper explores how political connections influence the likelihood of corporate bond issuance for privately owned enterprises (POEs) in China. Using a sample of Chinese POEs from 2007 to 2016, we show that politically connected POEs are more likely to issue corporate bonds as a...

This paper explores whether and how political connections affect the likelihood of completing a cross-border M&A deal for Chinese publicly listed, but privately-owned enterprises (POEs) and the resulting firm performance. In line with our proposed political connection trade-off theory, we find...

This paper explores how implicit government guarantees affect the yield spreads of Chinese corporate bonds. We argue that quasi-municipal corporate bonds (“Chengtou” bonds), issued by local government financing vehicles (LGFVs), carry an implicit government guarantee. Using a sample of...

This paper investigates how heterogeneous sentiments and perspectives expressed in public online media about the abolition of the Chinese presidential term limit in 2018 may have caused a divergence in investor behavior between the U.S. and China. We document that sentiments expressed in social...

Using a sample of thirty-six major natural disasters that occurred in the United States between 1990 and 2015, we investigate the impact of natural disasters on the technological and product innovation activities of companies. We show that, overall, natural disasters have a significant effect on...

This paper explores how implicit government guarantees affect the yield spreads of Chinese corporate bonds. We argue that quasi-municipal corporate bonds (“Chengtou” bonds), issued by local government financing vehicles (LGFVs), carry an implicit government guarantee and therefore enjoy a...