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Political Connections and the Efficiency of Capital Allocation Through Bond Financing in Chinese Listed Companies

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  • Xiaoqin Zhao
  • Difang Wan
  • Hao Xu

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Using a database of firms issuing short-term financing bonds and mid-term notes in China from 2007 to 2011, we uncover whether and how political connections influence the companies' capital allocation efficiency. The authors show that politically connected firms have significantly lower capital allocation efficiency, especially in the case of overinvestment subsamples. In addition, different types of political connections have different effects on firms' inefficient investments. Compared with firms connected to members of the people's congresses and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (MPCP firms), firms connected to government officials (GOF) overinvest more and underinvest less. One year after bond financing, GOF politically connected firms decreased overinvestment, while underinvestment undergoes an upward trend in the MPCP firms.

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  • Xiaoqin Zhao & Difang Wan & Hao Xu, 2013. "Political Connections and the Efficiency of Capital Allocation Through Bond Financing in Chinese Listed Companies," Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 49(S2), pages 158-170, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:mes:emfitr:v:49:y:2013:i:s2:p:158-170
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    1. Li, Xiao-Lin & Li, Jingya & Wang, Jia & Si, Deng-Kui, 2021. "Trade policy uncertainty, political connection and government subsidy: Evidence from Chinese energy firms," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 99(C).
    2. Hyejeong Shin & Ji-Young Ahn, 2021. "CEO’s Political Connection and Organization Efficiency: Evidence from Public Institutions in Korea," Public Organization Review, Springer, vol. 21(3), pages 419-435, September.
    3. Go Yano & Maho Shiraishi, 0. "Economic and Political Motivations in Debt Finance in China: Bank Lending and Trade Credit Offering," Comparative Economic Studies, Palgrave Macmillan;Association for Comparative Economic Studies, vol. 0, pages 1-42.
    4. Go Yano & Maho Shiraishi, 2020. "Economic and Political Motivations in Debt Finance in China: Bank Lending and Trade Credit Offering," Comparative Economic Studies, Palgrave Macmillan;Association for Comparative Economic Studies, vol. 62(4), pages 590-631, December.

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