The Effects of Political Connections and Internal Control on Blockholder Rent Appropriation: An Empirical Study of Chinese Private Listed Companies
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political connections, internal control, blockholder rent appropriation, Chinese private listed companyบทคัดย่อ
This study investigated the relationship between political connections, internal control, and blockholder rent appropriation in Chinese private listed companies.Drawing on a sample of listed companies issuing A- shares at on the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the Shenzhen Stock Exchangesfrom 2010 and 2015, we find in Chinese private listed companies, executive political connections effectively inhibits profit grabbing by blockholders. In addition, internal control plays a mediating role on the effect of executive political connection on blockholder rent appropriation.
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