Download This PaperWhat Do We Learn from Stock Price Reactions to China's First Announcement of Anti-Corruption Reforms?
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Anti-Corruption Reforms and Shareholder Valuations: Event Study Evidence from China
Date Written: February 2016
Abstract
China’s markets gained 3.86% around December 4, 2012, when the Party announced anti-corruption reforms. State-owned enterprises (SOEs) with higher past entertainment and travel costs (ETC) gained more. NonSOEs gained in more liberalized provinces, especially those with high past ETC, productivity, growth opportunities, and external financing. NonSOEs lost in the least liberalized provinces, especially those with high past ETC. These findings support investors’ expect reduced official corruption to create value overall, reduce SOE waste, lower bureaucratic barriers to efficient resource allocation where markets function, and impede business in unliberalized provinces, where “getting things done” still requires investment in greasing bureaucratic gears.
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