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Xunan Feng
Researcher at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
Publications - 27
Citations - 555
Xunan Feng is an academic researcher from Shanghai University of Finance and Economics. The author has contributed to research in topics: Mutual fund & Corporate governance. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 27 publications receiving 367 citations. Previous affiliations of Xunan Feng include Southwestern University of Finance and Economics & Southwest University.
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Mixing business with politics: Political participation by entrepreneurs in China
TL;DR: In this article, the authors study how Chinese private entrepreneurs benefit from participating in politics and identify several ways through which firms gain preferential treatment when the controlling entrepreneur participates in politics: better access to debt financing, preferential tax treatment, more government subsidies, and superior access to regulated industries.
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Living through the Great Chinese Famine: Early-life experiences and managerial decisions ☆
Xunan Feng,Anders C. Johansson +1 more
TL;DR: The authors found that having lived through the famine during one's younger years is associated with more conservative financial, investment, and cash holding policies, a lower likelihood of unethical behavior, and better firm performance during economic downturns.
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Political participation and entrepreneurial initial public offerings in China
TL;DR: This article examined the economic consequences of political participation by entrepreneurs in China and found that firms controlled by entrepreneurs who participate in politics exhibit superior post-IPO performance, suggesting that political participation is facilitating rent seeking rather than serving simply as a proxy for political recognition for entrepreneurship.
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The state advances, the private sector retreats? Firm effects of China’s great stimulus programme
Anders C. Johansson,Xunan Feng +1 more
TL;DR: The authors conducted an empirical analysis in which they exploited the launch of a large stimulus programme in the autumn of 2008 and found that state-owned enterprises (SOEs) are better able to maintain their leverage levels and have better access to both short and long-term debt compared with private firms after the stimulus.
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Ownership, analyst coverage, and stock synchronicity in China
TL;DR: This article examined how ownership structure affects the information environment of publicly traded firms in China and found that a greater separation of control and ownership rights increases the response coefficient of stock return synchronicity to analyst coverage.