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Does a firm's political connection to government have economic value?


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Chen, Chow Meng and Ariff, Mohamed and Hassan, Taufiq and Mohamad, Shamsher (2013) Does a firm's political connection to government have economic value? Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, 18 (3). pp. 477-501. ISSN 1354-7860; ESSN: 1469-9648

Abstract

This paper reports new findings about differential impacts political events have on share prices of firms connected to government in power compared to firms with no political connections. Political connection has been alleged as valuable in popular press in this mid-income economy studied, so it is worth an investigation. Significant share price increases of 4% or more abnormal returns accrue to connected firms relative to unconnected firms when identical political events occur. The impact is very pronounced during a severe economic crisis, when the stakes were high about an incumbent government being re-elected. Our finding of higher value of politically connected firms is due to the expected value of preferential treatments, preference in project selections and access to state benefits. Thus, share prices of politically connected firms react with greater impacts than non-politically connected firms to announcements of identical political events.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Economics and Management
DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.1080/13547860.2012.742674
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: Political control; Event study; Patronage; Ownership and control; Rent seeking
Depositing User: Nabilah Mustapa
Date Deposited: 30 Apr 2015 03:39
Last Modified: 11 Sep 2015 03:01
Altmetrics: http://www.altmetric.com/details.php?domain=psasir.upm.edu.my&doi=10.1080/13547860.2012.742674
URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28344
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