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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2023-12-01
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Series: | Journal of Applied Economics |
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Online Access: | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/15140326.2023.2220468 |