Do Political Connections Buffer Firms from or Bind Firms to the Government? A Study of Corporate Charitable Donations of Chinese Firms

Jianjun Zhang
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Jianjun Zhang
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Guanghua School of Management, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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Christopher Marquis
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Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853
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Kunyuan Qiao
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Mays Business School, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843
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Guanghua School of Management, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China

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Christopher Marquis

Christopher Marquis

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Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853

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Mays Business School, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843

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Published Online:29 Sep 2016https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.2016.1084

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Jianjun Zhang, Christopher Marquis, Kunyuan Qiao (2016) Do Political Connections Buffer Firms from or Bind Firms to the Government? A Study of Corporate Charitable Donations of Chinese Firms. Organization Science 27(5):1307-1324.

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The authors are grateful to senior editor Brayden King, two anonymous reviewers, Anne Tsui, Joseph Galaskiewicz, Chao Chen, Lu Zheng, and Dali Ma for their helpful comments. This research was supported by grants from the Chinese National Natural Science Foundation [Grant 71572003] and Guanghua Leadership Institute [Grant 10-01].