Download or read book The Financial Impact of Political Connections written by Marika Carboni and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-06-22 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on political connections in the United States. It contributes to the literature on the link between politics and business, and on the impact of political connections on firm value, by considering industry-level regulation as a discriminating factor in the investigation of firm value creation. Overall, the findings are consistent with the view that industry-level regulation matters.