Do personal political ties matter in SOEs’ access to bank credit? Evidence from China
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Keywords
Personal political tie; SOEs; Bank credit; Political connection; Anti-corruption;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D73 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Bureaucracy; Administrative Processes in Public Organizations; Corruption
- G30 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - General
- P26 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist and Transition Economies - - - Property Rights
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