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Institutions and the performance of politically connected M&As
Journal of International Business Studies, 2013We investigate the association between a firm’s political connections and its merger and acquisition (M&A) performance. Using a sample of M&A deals made by politically connected acquirers and their matched non-connected peers across 22 countries, we find that political connections play an economically significant role in post-merger performance.
Brockman, P., Rui, O., Zou, H.
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2017
This chapter examines the history of the Islanders’ League (koinon ton nesioton), a federal organization centred on Delos, from the late fourth until the middle of the third century. It discusses the evidence of structure, key officials, and membership. The main source of evidence for the history of the League is a number of key decrees that the League
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This chapter examines the history of the Islanders’ League (koinon ton nesioton), a federal organization centred on Delos, from the late fourth until the middle of the third century. It discusses the evidence of structure, key officials, and membership. The main source of evidence for the history of the League is a number of key decrees that the League
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Mapping the Politics of Connection
2020Synthesizing material from previous chapters, this chapter explores three key aspects of the “politics of connection,” drawing out their relevance for wider debates. Examining the (re)production of climate injustice and activists’ responses to it with the level and type of abstraction provided by the multi-dimensional relational perspective developed ...
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Corporate cash holdings and political connections
Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 2010We examine the relation between corporate liquidity and political connections measured via lobbying expenditures. This is an interesting question as many of the motives for holding cash should be diminished by political connections. Results suggest a significant and inverse relation between cash levels and lobby expenses and that the marginal value of ...
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Corporate political connections
2019This thesis primarily aims to examine the impact of political connections on firms. Hence, three independent research projects have been undertaken. The first and the second research projects explore the effect of different approaches to political connections during a volatile period of emerging democracy.
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Political Connections, Regulation, and Political Party
2017In this chapter, only one side of the revolving door (specifically, the one identifying the movement from politics to firms) is taken into account. Moreover, the focus is on the main political parties in the United States (the Republican and the Democratic Parties).
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POLITICALLY-CONNECTED FIRMS: ARE THEY CONNECTED TO EARNINGS OPACITY?
Research in Accounting Regulation, 2004Abstract This paper is an investigation of the relationship between earnings opacity in 32 countries and elements of the political order. What the picture shows is a clear manifestation of earnings opacity internationally. What is interesting with this picture is the findings that earnings opacity is positively related to the percentage of ...
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Introduction on Political Connections
2017This chapter introduces the topic of political connections. Specifically, it employs both anecdotal evidence and the reference to academic publications to show that political connections are assuming a growing importance and nowadays represent a very hot topic.
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Political and economic issues for internetwork connections
ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review, 1975In this paper we will attempt to outline some of the political and economic issues which must be addressed before meaningful network interconnections can come about. The issues we discuss are: Bilateral versus Multilateral Agreements, Standards, The Viewpoint of the Common Carriers, Network Accounting, Tariffs and Excises, Privacy and Security.
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