Yang, Hao; Zhang, Qiusheng; Zhao, Xiaofang; Wang, Zhongchao - 2022
We examine whether political corruption impedes mergers and acquisitions (M&As) decisions. Using a comprehensive sample … of Chinese firms, we find that corruption has a substantial, negative relation with the firm acquisitiveness. Further … attenuated by the Anti-corruption Campaign in 2012. Our results exist after a series of robustness tests. Additional tests show …