Du, Jun and Girma, Sourafel (2010). Red capitalists:political connections and firm performance in China. Kyklos, 63 (4), pp. 530-545.
Abstract
Using a unique firm level data, this paper analyses the role of political connections in the post-entry performance of private start-up companies in China. It documents robust evidence that political affiliation enhances firms' survival and growth prospects. But interestingly politically neutral start-ups enjoy faster productivity improvements conditional on survival. In addition, the benefits of political connections are largely confined to firms associated with local or top level governments, and they are more pronounced in capital-intensive industries. We conclude that the close association between the state and a segment of the business community is leading to sub-optimal resource allocation in the economy by interfering with the process of market selection.
Publication DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6435.2010.00486.x |
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Divisions: | College of Business and Social Sciences > Aston Business School > Economics, Finance & Entrepreneurship College of Business and Social Sciences > Aston Business School |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Economics and Econometrics |
Publication ISSN: | 1467-6435 |
Last Modified: | 06 Aug 2024 07:13 |
Date Deposited: | 27 Feb 2013 14:27 |
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PURE Output Type: | Article |
Published Date: | 2010-11 |
Authors: |
Du, Jun
(![]() Girma, Sourafel |