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Are collective political actions and private political actions substitutes or complements? Empirical evidence from China's private sector
Author(s) -
Jia Nan
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
strategic management journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 11.035
H-Index - 286
eISSN - 1097-0266
pISSN - 0143-2095
DOI - 10.1002/smj.2092
Subject(s) - politics , china , collective action , equity (law) , empirical evidence , economics , private sector , state (computer science) , market economy , state ownership , political economy , public economics , finance , emerging markets , political science , economic growth , law , philosophy , epistemology , algorithm , computer science
This paper examines the circumstances under which collective and private corporate political actions are more likely to be substitutes or complements. Using data based on a series of nationwide surveys conducted on privately owned firms in China, I find that firms that are engaged in collective political actions are more likely to pursue private political actions. This positive relationship is stronger in less economically developed provinces and when there are greater opportunities for the state to redistribute economic resources in product and capital markets. Meanwhile, this relationship is weaker in the presence of heavier regulatory burdens and for firms in which the state has some equity or owned by individuals who had prior political careers. These findings contribute to the corporate political action literature . Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.