Local corruption and stock price crash risk: Evidence from China
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Keywords
Local corruption; Stock price crash; Local SOEs; Over-investment;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- G14 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Information and Market Efficiency; Event Studies; Insider Trading
- G32 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill
- O16 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Financial Markets; Saving and Capital Investment; Corporate Finance and Governance
- O20 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Development Planning and Policy - - - General
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