We take the Income Tax Sharing reform in 2002 as an exogenous impact and employ the intensity difference-in-differences model to examine the effects of local fiscal pressure on firm environmental performance. We show that local fiscal pressure at the city level elicited by the Income Tax Sharing...

This article describes how as part of the reform of the administrative system of China, most local governments have set up public service centers; meanwhile, ICT (Information and Communication Technology) has been commonly applied to make e-services more convenient, efficient and transparent....

Purpose: Using the evidence of Chinese outbound mergers and acquisitions (M&As) enacted between 2006 and 2014, this study aims to investigate the role played by home political connections on the cost implications of Chinese multinationals. It also examines whether home political connections –...