Li, Zhe
[Verfasser:in]
;
Massa, Massimo
[Sonstige Person, Familie und Körperschaft];
Xu, Nianhang
[Sonstige Person, Familie und Körperschaft];
Zhang, Hong
[Sonstige Person, Familie und Körperschaft]
Erschienen in:INSEAD Working Paper ; No. 2017/17/FIN
Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (56 p)
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.2139/ssrn.2786214
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Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments December 15, 2016 erstellt
Beschreibung:
We study how secular culture affects firm behavior when formal institutions fall short. We find that firms more exposed to alcohol-related sin culture exhibit more earnings management and lean their operations more toward local business partners. Tests using latitude and snow/temperature as instruments support a causal interpretation. Moreover, corporate leaders propagate sin culture in society. Finally, sin culture can generate negative externalities by reducing the litigation cost of manipulating information, but significant improvements in formal institutions (e.g., the 2012 anticorruption regulation) may suppress its impact. Our results have important normative implications related to the cultural foundations of corporate (mis)behavior