Haikun Zhu
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Social Stability and Resource Allocation within Business Groups
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In China, the government uses the purses strings of state-owned enterprises to control social unrest
Social Stability and Resource Allocation within Business Groups
Using datasets on transactions within business groups and social sentiment in China, I show that state-owned enterprises (SOEs) use internal funds to address social unrest, complying with the government’s political goals.