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Political Connections and Firm Performance in
AbstractThis study uses panel data analysis to examine the relationship between political connections and firm performance in Chinese firms from 2004 to 2008. We define firm‐level political connections and demonstrate a robust result for the positive relationship between political connections and firm performance.
Zhong‐qin Su, Hung‐Gay Fung
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Political connections and voluntary disclosure: the case of Canadian listed companies
Journal of Management and Governance, 2019Business and politics are now more connected than ever. In Canada, more than 50% of listed companies have political connections through the board of directors or top management. These ties can give companies the resources they need to achieve their goals and possibly even confer a substantial advantage that results in better financial performance.
Saidatou Dicko +2 more
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Estimating the Value of Political Connection to Malaysia’s Richest Tycoon Companies
The Journal of Developing Areas, 2015This study investigates the effect of direct political connection on the firm value of Malaysia’s top richest tycoon companies. We hypothesize that the wealthiest people are likely to hedge their political bets and are poorly related to direct political connections, which in turn conceal the direct political effect on firm value.
Wan Sallha Yusoff +3 more
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2011 International Conference on Internet Technology and Applications, 2011
This paper studies the influence of political connections on corporate earnings quality, as well as the inherent interaction mechanism of their relationship. Taking the private companies listed in Shanghai Stock Exchange and Shenzhen Stock Exchange in the period 2003- 2008 as the sample, and judging whether a firm is politically connected by whether ...
Huobao Xie, Boluo Liu
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This paper studies the influence of political connections on corporate earnings quality, as well as the inherent interaction mechanism of their relationship. Taking the private companies listed in Shanghai Stock Exchange and Shenzhen Stock Exchange in the period 2003- 2008 as the sample, and judging whether a firm is politically connected by whether ...
Huobao Xie, Boluo Liu
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Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 2019
Abstract We consider the effect of anti-corruption at the corporate level, using the Eight-Point Austerity Rules (EPAR) in China as the natural experiment. The EPAR significantly decreases the sales of politically-connected companies, while the firms' profitability remains unchanged in the associated industries.
Xuejun Jin, Zhenhao Chen, Deming Luo
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Abstract We consider the effect of anti-corruption at the corporate level, using the Eight-Point Austerity Rules (EPAR) in China as the natural experiment. The EPAR significantly decreases the sales of politically-connected companies, while the firms' profitability remains unchanged in the associated industries.
Xuejun Jin, Zhenhao Chen, Deming Luo
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Political connection and firm performance: evidence from Chinese state-owned companies
2023This paper uses the multiple regression to research the political connection effect in the state-owned enterprise. It has been found that the political connection can significantly enhance state-owned enterprises’ performance. Moreover, the same administration level between state-owned enterprises’ actual controller and CEO/Chairman would enhance ROA ...
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Political Connection, M&A and Enterprise Performance: Evidence from China Listed Companies
International Area Studies Review, 2016Based on the samples of the Chinese listed companies, this paper studies the influence of political connection on enterprises M&A. We show that the political networks of the listed corporations in China considerably affect their M&A activities. More and greater M&A appear on the companies with political connection.
Zhang Na, Sang Whi Lee
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Impacts of Political Connections on Earnings Quality of Chinese Private Listed Companies
2011This paper examined empirically the impacts of political connections on earnings quality, taking the private listed companies with or without political connections in 2006-2008 as the sample. We define the political connections are that the chairman of the board or CEO is one of government officials or members of People’s Congress or Chinese People’s ...
Yu Song, Lina Wang, Zi Yan
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Notice of Retraction: Political connections affected the firm value of Chinese energy companies
2011 International Conference on E-Business and E-Government (ICEE), 2011The firm value of energy companies was affected by many factors, such as the shareholders, cash flow, and government relationship. This paper investigated the influence of the political connections on the firm value of energy companies in China. The affect of political connections on the effectiveness of firm value was analyzed by using the empirical ...
Zhao Na, Tian Hao
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The Influence of Gender Diversity, Ceo Overconfidence, and Political Connection on Zombie Companies
Indonesian Journal of Economic & Management SciencesThis study aims to analyze the influence of gender diversity, CEO overconfidence, and political connections on zombie companies. This type of research is a quantitative research with statistical methods. The object of the research used is the consumer cyclicals and consumer non-cyclicals sectors listed on the IDX in the 2019-2022 period.
null Winarni +2 more
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