The impact of married couples on firm innovation: Evidence from Chinese family firms

Yishu Fu

Finance Research Letters, 2020, vol. 33, issue C

Abstract: This paper investigates whether family firms controlled by married couples have better innovation performance. Based on the Chinese patent data during 2008∼2016, I find that married couples have positive impacts on firm innovation output for family firms in China. My identification strategy is based on matched sample analysis. I further find that this positive effect is more pronounced in well-governed firms.

Keywords: Married couples; Firm innovation; Patents; Family firms; Corporate governance; China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.frl.2019.06.018

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