CAN POLITICAL CONNECTIONS OF INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS IMPROVE FIRM PERFORMANCE? EVIDENCE OF CHINESE LISTED MANUFACTURING COMPANIES OVER 2008-2013

The paper investigates the effect of the political connections of independent directors on firm performance by choosing the panel data consisting of 2994 firm-year observations in Chinese listed manufacturing companies during 2008-2013 as the sample. Empirical analysis by adopting multiple regress...

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Main Authors: Changzheng Zhang, Jiao Zhang, Qian Guo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Zibeline International 2018-01-01
Series:Malaysian E Commerce Journal
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Online Access:http://myecommerecejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018-issue2/2mecj2018-05-12.pdf