As an important part of the national political system, government audits play a significant role in supervising and restricting enterprises. Since 2010, the National Audit Office of China has repeatedly disclosed the problems regarding enterprises' M&A to prevent the loss of state-owned assets....

Competition authorities have a growing interest in assessing the effects of partial ownership arrangements. We show that the effects of such agreements on competition and welfare depend on the intensity of competition in the market and on the firms' governance structure. When assessing the...

Competition authorities have a growing interest in assessing the effects of partial ownership arrangements. We show that the effects of such agreements on competition and welfare depend on the intensity of competition in the market and on the firms' governance structure. When assessing the...