Culture and Enterprise Rent-Seeking: Evidence from Native Place Networks among Officials in China
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DOI: 10.1080/1540496x.2018.1512851
Abstract: ABSTRACT Using data on Chinese municipal party secretaries (MPS), we study whether firms prefer to pay more to officials who have a wider native place network. In doing so, we find the state-owned enterprises (SOEs)… read more here.
Keywords: rent seeking; place; place networks; place network ... See more keywords