The economics of politically-connected firms
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High-level politically connected firms, corruption, and analyst forecast accuracy around the world
Received: 15 July 2008 Revised: 8 January 2010 Accepted: 12 February 2010 Online publication date: 24 June 2010 Abstract The international business (IB) literature has widely recognized political forces as major factors that complicate the strategic decisions of multinational enterprises (MNEs). Analyses by financial intermediaries can help to reduce the risk of information asymmetry caused by ...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Tax and Public Finance
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0927-5940,1573-6970
DOI: 10.1007/s10797-008-9083-y