Peer effects in decision-making: Evidence from corporate investment

We show that peer effects influence corporate investment decisions. Using a sample of China’s listed firms from 1999 to 2012, we show that a one standard deviation increase in peer firms’ investments is associated with a 4% increase in firm i’s investments. We further identify the mechanisms, condit...

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Main Authors: Shenglan Chen, Hui Ma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-06-01
Series:China Journal of Accounting Research
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1755309116300442