The impact of managerial political connections and quality on government subsidies: Evidence from Chinese listed firms

Chinese Management Studies

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 207-226

  Wu, Jianfeng ^a   Cheng, Menita Liu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b Peking University   (China)

Author keywords

China; Company performance; Government subsidy; Managerial political connections; Managerial reputation; Managers; Politics; Public companies; Subsidies

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959223651     PISSN: 1750614X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17506141111142834     Document Type: Article

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