A large stream of research has analyzed the effects of corporate political connections
(CPCs) on firms, including first evidence on their effects on financial reporting behavior …

State-owned enterprises (SOEs) are both the economic and political bases of the Chinese
Communist Party (the Party) and the Chinese state. The overarching principle of SOE reform …

Few studies have estimated the contribution made by anti-corruption to air pollution levels.
Using city-level data for the period from 2009 to 2016, this paper analyzes the effects of …

We investigate the causal effects of the anti-corruption campaign on firm-level total factor
productivity (TFP) in China. We employ a difference-in-differences estimation to show the …

Corruption affects corporate investment and diverts resources away from growth-improving
factors, including R&D activities and human capital, thereby lowering productivity. Using a …

This paper examines the anti-corruption campaign in China as an exogenous shock using
data on Chinese energy firms from 2010 to 2016. It conducts a quasi-natural experiment …

Taking advantage of China's vigorous anti-corruption campaign implemented in 2013, this
study examines the impact of anti-corruption activities on the corporate environmental …

This study examines the moderating effect of the turnover of local officials on the relationship
between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and corporate financial performance (CFP) …

Building on the co-evolutionary perspective, this study investigates the reciprocal and co-
evolving relationship between political ties and green innovation in the presence of …

This study investigates the impact of the anti-corruption campaign on listed companies'
green innovation in China. Using the difference-in-differences model, we find that firms …