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The impact of married couples on firm innovation: Evidence from Chinese family firms

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Abstract This paper investigates whether family firms controlled by married couples have better innovation performance. Based on the Chinese patent data during 2008∼2016, I find that married couples have positive… Click to show full abstract

Abstract This paper investigates whether family firms controlled by married couples have better innovation performance. Based on the Chinese patent data during 2008∼2016, I find that married couples have positive impacts on firm innovation output for family firms in China. My identification strategy is based on matched sample analysis. I further find that this positive effect is more pronounced in well-governed firms.

Keywords: impact married; family firms; firm innovation; married couples

Journal Title: Finance Research Letters
Year Published: 2020

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