The Cost of Political Connections
Using plant-level data from France, we document a potential cost of political connections for firms that is not offset by other benefits. Politically connected CEOs alter corporate employment decisions to help (regional) politicians in their re-election efforts by having higher job and plant creatio...
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Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press (OUP)
2019
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Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/122346 |