Does financial deleveraging affect governments’ desirability of privatization? Evidence from the Chinese listed local SOEs

ABSTRACTThe rapid growth of local SOEs in China largely depends on high leverage, thus local governments and their SOEs will face harder budget constraints when the central bank implements tight credit policies. Using a sample of listed local SOEs in the Chinese A-share market, this paper attempts t...

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Main Authors: Weiwei Yang, He Wang, Huobao Xie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2023-12-01
Series:Journal of Applied Economics
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Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/15140326.2023.2220468