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Business and Economics Department invites applications for a full-time faculty position (open rank) to begin August 2024.The successful candidate can expect to teach courses primarily in the areas of accounting.The teaching load for the position is 24 credit hours per academic year, normally three courses each semester, along

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UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, Carlson School of Management, Department of Accounting is seeking applications from candidates who are interested in a position as an Assistant Professor.All applicants must possess or be near completion of a

We study the political determinants of the world's largest privatization program by exploiting an age-related discontinuity of politician promotion in China. As a local politician's age exceeds 58, his promotion likelihood quickly diminishes. Consistent with changes in the politician's incentives, we find that Chinese cities whose top officials were older than age 58 were less likely to privatize local state-owned enterprises. Using the promotion discontinuity as an instrument, we report that privatization has significant effects on the firm's efficiency.