Does Corporate Political Activity Make Firms Less Risk Taking?
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Keywords
corporate political activity; legitimacy; key decision maker; risk taking.;All these keywords.
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- C9 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments
- D4 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design
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