Corporate political connections: A multidisciplinary review

Y Wei, N Jia, JP Bonardi - Journal of Management, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Corporate political connections (CPCs)—ties that firms forge with political actors—directly
affect firms, political actors, and various stakeholders in societies. This topic has been …

Deal completion in mergers and acquisitions: past accomplishment and future direction

M Fuad, A Venugopal - Cross Cultural & Strategic Management, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) are important strategic actions undertaken by
firms to access resources and markets. However, firms face substantial challenges in M&As …

Friends in the right places: The effect of political connections on corporate merger activity

SP Ferris, R Houston, D Javakhadze - Journal of Corporate Finance, 2016 - Elsevier
This study examines how the appointment of former politicians and regulators to boards of
directors or management teams influences corporate acquisition activity and performance …

Voluntary disclosure of corporate political spending

L Goh, X Liu, A Tsang - Journal of Corporate Finance, 2020 - Elsevier
In this paper, we study voluntary political spending disclosure, a widespread yet relatively
unexplored corporate voluntary disclosure practice. Using an index created by the CPA …

The demands of populism on business: Introducing corporate political responsibility

CA Hartwell, TM Devinney - International Business Review, 2022 - digitalcollection.zhaw.ch
Populism is an ideologically fluid political vehicle which increases political risk and forces
firms to adapt. As populist parties claim to speak exclusively for the people, any activities that …

The politics of M&A antitrust

MN Mehta, S Srinivasan, W Zhao - Journal of Accounting …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Antitrust regulators play a critical role in protecting market competition. We examine whether
the political process affects antitrust reviews of merger transactions. We find that acquirers …

Political spending, related voluntary disclosure, and the cost of public debt

KS Almaghrabi, I Tsalavoutas - Journal of Financial Stability, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Following the Supreme Court decision in the Citizens United v. Federal Election
Commission case of 2010, which removed restrictions in relation to firms' political spending …

Political corruption shielding and corporate acquisitions

AT Hossain, L Kryzanowski - Financial Review, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Corruption includes rent‐seeking behavior by public officials (eg, lavish in‐kind benefits and
monetary kickbacks for contracts/permits/regulatory leniency, improper political …

Antitrust merger review costs and acquirer lobbying

JP Fidrmuc, P Roosenboom, EQ Zhang - Journal of Corporate Finance, 2018 - Elsevier
Documenting the US antitrust review process for M&As in rich detail, we unveil that
regulatory costs and risks are significant and that mitigating these risks via lobbying by …

[HTML][HTML] The demands of populism on business and the creation of “corporate political obligations”

CA Hartwell, TM Devinney - International Business Review, 2024 - Elsevier
Populism is an ideologically fluid political vehicle which increases political risk and forces
firms to adapt. As populist parties claim to speak exclusively for the people, any activities that …