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Subsidies and Corporate Governance – An Agency Approach

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  • Philip C. Hanke
  • Klaus Heine

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The literature on subsidies conceives state aids as always beneficial to the aid‐receiving firm. However, the picture changes if agency problems are assumed between the managers and owners of the firm. In this case, subsidies may run counter not only to the desired result of the aid grantor but also to the interests of firm owners. Managers may divert subsidies into their own pockets, thereby deflating firm value. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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  • Philip C. Hanke & Klaus Heine, 2015. "Subsidies and Corporate Governance – An Agency Approach," Managerial and Decision Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 36(4), pages 256-264, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:mgtdec:v:36:y:2015:i:4:p:256-264
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    1. Richard Harris & Shengyu Li, 2016. "Government Assistance and Total Factor Productivity: Firm-level Evidence from China, 1998-2007," CEGAP Working Papers 2016_04, Durham University Business School.
    2. Richard Harris & Shengyu Li, 2019. "Government assistance and total factor productivity: firm-level evidence from China," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 52(1), pages 1-27, December.

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