dc.contributor.author |
Tarhini, Manal Hassan, |
dc.date |
2014 |
dc.date.accessioned |
2015-02-03T10:23:39Z |
dc.date.available |
2015-02-03T10:23:39Z |
dc.date.issued |
2014 |
dc.date.submitted |
2014 |
dc.identifier.other |
b18064516 |
dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/10938/10019 |
dc.description |
Project. M.B.A. American University of Beirut, Suliman S. Olayan School of Business, 2014. Pj:1781 2014 |
dc.description |
First Reader : Dr. Samer Khalil, Assistant Professor, Suliman S. Olayan School of Business ; Second Reader : Dr. Wassim Dbouk, Assistant Professor, Suliman S. Olayan School of Business. |
dc.description |
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 27-29) |
dc.description.abstract |
Corporate political activity refers to corporate tactics that attempt to influence and impact government policymaking in a way that reaps favorable consequences to the firm. This paper investigates the relationship between CPA and the family ownership structure. We examine whether the likelihood of CPA in family firms is significantly different from that in non-family firms. We rely on prior research that has investigated CPA mainly in international context and various theories associated with family firms in our attempt to explore variables that impact political activity on a firm level. Our sample consists of 10,678 observations from 2009 through 2012 for firms listed on the North American stock exchange. We conduct a probit analysis for panel data from 2009-2012 using STATA by including the corporate political activity as a dependent variable, the family ownership as an independent variable, as well as other control variables found previously significant in the literature. We document that family firms are more likely to engage in corporate political activity when compared to non-family firms. Furthermore, our model reveals that size and age of the firm to be strong predictors for engagement in political corporate activity. |
dc.format.extent |
1 online resource (ix, 29 leaves) : illustrations (some color) ; 30cm |
dc.language.iso |
eng |
dc.relation.ispartof |
Theses, Dissertations, and Projects |
dc.subject.classification |
Pj:001781 AUBNO |
dc.subject.lcsh |
Corporate governance -- United States. |
dc.subject.lcsh |
Small business -- United States. |
dc.subject.lcsh |
Business enterprises -- United States. |
dc.subject.lcsh |
Corporations -- Political activity -- United States. |
dc.title |
Corporate political activity and firm ownership structure - |
dc.type |
Project |
dc.contributor.department |
American University of Beirut. Suliman S. Olayan School of Business. degree granting institution. |