CEO Political Connection and Corporate Environmental Violations: Evidence from Chinese-Listed Firms

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Lin Chen

Valparaiso University

Jameel Hussain

affiliation not provided to SSRN

dongfang nie

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Yinghong Zhang

University of Central Oklahoma

Abstract

This paper investigates whether and how CEO political connection affects corporate environmental violations in Chinese-listed firms. Using manually collected data on CEO political connections, we find a negative association between CEO political connection and corporate environmental violations. Moreover, we show that this negative association is more pronounced in state-owned enterprises (SOEs), when environmental enforcement intensity is high and market competition is high. Our findings are robust to different econometric techniques.

Keywords: CEO political connection, environmental violations, state-owned enterprises, Market competition, environmental enforcement intensity

Suggested Citation

Chen, Lin and Hussain, Jameel and nie, dongfang and Zhang, Yinghong, CEO Political Connection and Corporate Environmental Violations: Evidence from Chinese-Listed Firms. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4573719 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4573719

Lin Chen (Contact Author)

Valparaiso University ( email )

Valparaiso, IN 46383
United States

Jameel Hussain

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Dongfang Nie

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Yinghong Zhang

University of Central Oklahoma ( email )

100 North University Drive
Edmond, OK 73034
United States

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