Abstract:The economic impact of the geographical rotation of local officials is important inChina's offi cial management system. This study used a zero-infl ated Poisson regression model and found that the geographical rotation of local offi cials signifi cantly increased cross-city mergers and acquisitions (M&As) of enterprises. The impact of local offi cials' geographical rotation on M&As was more pronounced under certain conditions. These conditions included: (i) when offi cials were transferred from cities with a h… Show more
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