Elections, Political Connections and Cash Holdings: Evidence from Local Assemblies
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- Adeabah, David & Andoh, Charles & Asongu, Simplice & Akomea-Frimpong, Isaac, 2021. "Elections, Political Connections and Cash Holdings: Evidence from Local Assemblies," MPRA Paper 109836, University Library of Munich, Germany.
- David Adeabah & Charles Andoh & Simplice A. Asongu & Isaac Akomea-Frimpong, 2021. "Elections, Political Connections and Cash Holdings: Evidence from Local Assemblies," Working Papers 21/004, European Xtramile Centre of African Studies (EXCAS).
- David Adeabah & Charles Andoh & Simplice A. Asongu & Isaac Akomea-Frimpong, 2021. "Elections, Political Connections and Cash Holdings: Evidence from Local Assemblies," Research Africa Network Working Papers 21/004, Research Africa Network (RAN).
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agency problem; cash holdings; generalized method of moments; panel regression; political connections;All these keywords.
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- C1 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General
- O1 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CDM-2021-02-01 (Collective Decision-Making)
- NEP-POL-2021-02-01 (Positive Political Economics)
- NEP-SOC-2021-02-01 (Social Norms and Social Capital)
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