The Structure of Political Institutions and Effectiveness of Corporate Political Lobbying

Seong-Jin Choi
Seong-Jin Choi
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School of Business, Hanyang University, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 133-791, Republic of Korea
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Nan Jia
Nan Jia
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Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089
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Jiangyong Lu
Jiangyong Lu
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Guanghua School of Management, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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Seong-Jin Choi

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School of Business, Hanyang University, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 133-791, Republic of Korea

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Nan Jia

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Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089

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Jiangyong Lu

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Guanghua School of Management, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China

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Published Online:11 Sep 2014https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.2014.0936

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The authors thank Benjamin Graham and the participants of the Organizations and Strategy seminar at the Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California, for helpful comments. The third author acknowledges the financial support provided by the National Science Foundation of China [Grants 71172020 and 71132002]. All authors contributed equally to this project, and the authors’ names are listed alphabetically.

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