Political connections, financing friction, and corporate investment: Evidence from Chinese listed family firms

European Financial Management

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 675-702

  Xu, Nianhang ^a   Xu, Xinzhong ^b,c   Yuan, Qingbo ^d  

^a Renmin University of China   (China)

^b Peking University   (China)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

China; corporate investment; family firm; political connection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884211596     PISSN: 13547798     EISSN: 1468036X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-036X.2011.00591.x     Document Type: Article

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