The Financial Impact of Political Connections

This book focuses on political connections in the United States. It contributes to the literature on the link between politics and business, and on the impact of political connections on firm value, by considering industry-level regulation as a discriminating factor in the investigation of firm value creation. Overall, the findings are consistent with the view that industry-level regulation matters.

Contributes to the literature on political connections in finance Investigates the impact of political connections on firm value Explores industry-level regulation

Autorentext

Marika Carboni is a teaching fellow at Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Italy. Before completing her PhD at Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata, Italy, she was a visiting research scholar at Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis, United States, and a research assistant at the Einaudi Institute for Banking, Finance and Insurance Studies (IstEin), Italy. Her main research interests focus on corporate governance, banking regulation and supervision. Her research has been published in various journals, including Journal of Banking and Finance.

Inhalt
Chapter 1: Introduction .- Chapter 2: Literature Review on Political Connections .- Chapter 3: Political Connections and Industry-Level Regulation .- Chapter 4: Political Connections, Regulation and Political Party .- Chapter 5: Political Connections and Firm Value .-