This paper examines the value of political connections in the Chinese IPO market. We find a positive relationship between CEO/chairman's political connections and the probability of IPO approval of entrepreneurial firms. We further identify that minority shareholders value those connections and...

Leveraging the phased implementation of China's capital control reforms, where select firms gradually become investable to the international market, our difference-in-differences regression analyses reveal that these pilot firms significantly curtail the extent of related party transactions and...