Political uncertainty and corporate working capital in China
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Working capital; Political uncertainty; Government intervention; Provincial official turnovers;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D22 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis
- E22 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Investment; Capital; Intangible Capital; Capacity
- G31 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Capital Budgeting; Fixed Investment and Inventory Studies
- H70 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - General
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