Purpose This paper aims to present a catalogue of the influential aspects resulting from a
bibliometric meta-analysis of political connection literature. Design/methodology/approach …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of companies' political
connections (PCs) on their financial and stock performance, as well as on their market …

Non‐market strategy researchers have postulated that political and social strategies reduce
the exposure of firms to risk, but those arguments have received little empirical attention. In …

Studies have shown that external capital account liberalisation can boost capital inflows and
augment economic development. Nevertheless, in the case of developing and emerging …

Our paper is the first to examine the impact of government‐firm collusion on firm tax
avoidance in China by applying an instrumental variable approach. We take political …

The literature lacks consensus on the role of currency regimes in explaining external
competitiveness. Countries not only differ in terms of currency regimes, but can also have …

Purpose The purpose of this study is to assess the differential impact on the stock market of
statements made by and information about directors and companies who are politically …

Purpose This paper aims to examine the effects of political connections (PCs) on corporate
financial performance (CFP) in an emerging economy. It also investigates the moderating …

Purpose Using data on over 7500 units from the World Bank Enterprise Survey (WBES) for
2014, the paper assesses the impact of political connections on SME financing obstacles in …

Prior theoretical and empirical studies have suggested that political influence affects the
application of corporate governance and firm performance enormously. However, several …