Yang, Guochao; Zhang, Lina - In: China economic quarterly international : CEQI 2 (2022) 2, pp. 138-150
R&D manipulation prevails in firms' application for high-tech enterprise certification. This paper provides evidence on … how media coverage significantly inhibits firms' R&D manipulation behaviour by increasing citizens' concerns. Among all … the media reports, original reports and in-depth reports serve the strongest purpose in alleviating R&D manipulation …