Political Connectedness and Firm Perform
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Alexandra Niessen; Stefan Ruenzi
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Article
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2010
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract This paper investigates politically connected firms in Germany. With the introduction of a new transparency law in 2007, information on additional income sources for all members of the German parliament became publicly available. We find that members of the conservative party (CDU/CSU)