The effect of superstitious beliefs on corporate investment efficiency: evidence from China
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Keywords
China; Investment efficiency; Superstitious belief; Zodiac year; Risk perception;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- G30 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - General
- D81 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
- O53 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Asia including Middle East
- Z10 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - General
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