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Intergenerational succession and family business investment preference
This study employs prospect theory and investigates firm-level irrational investment decisions shaped by an economic system with imperfect governance. Focusing on China, we find that second-generation succession significantly increases family firms’ financial investment. This investment preference turns weaker when the successor is high-educated and has no siblings, or when the family firm performs worse, has better institutions, hinging on perceived gains and potential additional risk. The result is plausibly causal considering possible endogeneity issues, various variable specifications, and placebo tests.
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