This paper empirically investigates how Chinese executives and managers perceive and interpret corporate social … responsibility (CSR), to what extent firms' productive characteristics influence managers' attitudes towards their CSR rating, and … in poorer regions that are more likely to have managers who opt for a higher CSR rating. Managers' personal …

We present evidence on the effect of social connections between workers and managers on productivity in the workplace … workers managed. We find that when managers are paid fixed wages, they favor workers to whom they are socially connected …

There is a debate on whether executive pay reflects rent extraction due to managerial power or is the result of arms …-length bargaining in a principal-agent framework. In this paper we offer a test of the managerial power hypothesis by empirically … firms remains stable throughout the period. We interpret this evidence as consistent with a decrease in managerial power …