A growing body of literature recognizes the critical impact of political connections on
enterprises' green innovation. This study enriches the literature by arguing that a corporate …

Haze pollution has become a new threat to China's sustainable development, but it may be
that local government behaviour can play an important role in the prevention and control of …

Although the impacts of air pollution on individual health are well documented, it is unclear
whether and how air pollution affects firm strategy on employee treatment. This study …

Chinese officials play an important role in air pollution control. This paper used a sample of
282 prefecture-level cities in China to discuss the impact of promotion incentives of officials …

This study investigates whether and how digital transformation affects corporate labor
investment efficiency. Based on a sample of Chinese listed firms from 2008 to 2020, this …

This paper investigates the causal effect of corruption on entrepreneurship. We use
staggered anticorruption investigations in China as exogenous shocks to conduct difference …

Corporate diversification has become increasingly prevalent in modern enterprises. While
previous literature has explored the effect of diversification on corporate performance, little is …

This study examines how the large and unexpected Chinese credit stimulus in 2008 affects
firms' labor decision. Using a large sample of industrial firms, we find that state-owned …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to empirically investigate the impact of economic policy
uncertainty on firms' labor investment decision, which includes labor investment level and …

In this paper, we investigate how the promotion incentive of politicians affects the pay gap
between executives and employees in local firms. We find that the promotion incentive of …