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Government Intelligent Transformation and Mixed‐Ownership Reform: Evidence From China

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  • Bin Li
  • Ruiqing Cao
  • Chenchen Shi
  • Jing Zhao

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Mixed‐ownership reform (the Reform) is crucial for the construction of a modern market economy. Through a proprietary data set of 32 provinces in China, we find that government intelligent transformation (GIT) can attract private firms acquiring local state‐owned enterprises (SOEs), and such link is stronger among target firms in central and western regions, and acquirers with lower competitive positions and higher levels of digital transformation. Additionally, we also find this effect exists both in local and nonlocal private firms. Further tests suggest that GIT can regulate government behaviors, reduce relational transactions, and enhance local policy environment quality and the level of local market legal governance, thereby promoting private firms to participate in the Reform. Moreover, in the provinces with higher levels of GIT, there is a greater likelihood that private firms will gain control rights over SOEs and obtain more resources following the Reform. Our findings may have policy implications for the world's largest emerging market.

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  • Bin Li & Ruiqing Cao & Chenchen Shi & Jing Zhao, 2025. "Government Intelligent Transformation and Mixed‐Ownership Reform: Evidence From China," Economics and Politics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 37(2), pages 595-615, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:ecopol:v:37:y:2025:i:2:p:595-615
    DOI: 10.1111/ecpo.12329
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