A springboard into politics: Do Chinese entrepreneurs benefit from joining the government-controlled business associations?

Guangrong Ma (First Author), Yiping Wu (Participant Author), Oliver Meng Rui

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摘要

Business associations in authoritarian regimes behave systematically different from their counterparts in democratic regimes. Using a unique dataset of Chinese private firms, this paper examines the impacts of joining the most prominent business association in China, the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce (ACFIC) which was initiated and strongly controlled by the government We find that ACFIC members have much higher chances to obtain formal political identities, that is, the deputy of People's Congress (PC) or the People's Political Consultative Conference (PPCC). However, ACFIC membership itself cannot help entrepreneurs acquire scarce resources that are controlled by the government. Rather, ACFIC members bear heavier tax burdens and make more informal payments to government officials. These findings suggest that the ACFIC act as a springboard into politics, rather than an effective collective action committee that can bring common benefits to its members or protect members from government predation.
源语言英语
页(从-至)166-183
期刊China Economic Review
36
DOI
出版状态已出版 - 2015

Corresponding author email

wu.yiping@shufe.edu.cn

关键词

  • Business associations
  • CONNECTIONS
  • CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
  • CORRUPTION
  • ECONOMIC-GROWTH
  • ENTERPRISES
  • FINANCE
  • FIRMS
  • PARTICIPATION
  • PERFORMANCE
  • PRIVATE
  • Political connections
  • Private firms

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  • ABDC-A
  • Scopus
  • SSCI

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