E Zheng
Biographic Data
| ID | 5926 |
|---|---|
| NAME | E Zheng |
| GIVEN NAMES | E |
| FAMILY NAME | Zheng |
| SIGNATURE | ZHENG E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Peking University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6326-0905 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Networks rewired: Quota enforcement and the unintended mobilization of native place ties
We explore how institutional designs can have unintended consequences, especially by rewiring social networks. Using archival data on the civil-service examinations in historical China, we argue that the enforcement of a regional quota system in 1427 reshaped group boundaries along native place, turned emotional affinities for one’s hometown into political stakes, and reinforced the influence of native place ties among political elites. Analyzing…
Becoming Buddhists: The emergence of a prestigious temple
How does a novel organizational prototype come about and succeed to the point where it becomes recognized as an icon? To address this question, this article examines the organizational emergence of a prestigious temple. Drawing on interviews and content analysis of 6320 blog entries between 2006 and 2018, we identify how an organized way of practicing Buddhism emerged in China and trace its founding monks to students from two elite universities. …
Revolving around political connections: The negative effect of government venture capital backing on IPO valuation
We examine how government venture capital (GVC)-a specific type of political connection-affected initial public offering (IPO) valuation. Contrary to the well-recognized benefits of political connections in channeling access to financial resources in China, our analysis of 959 IPOs between 2008 and 2014 suggests that GVC backing lowers IPO valuation. This baseline effect is moderated by other sources of political connection (e.g. government owner…
Intergenerational mobility through inhabited meritocracy: Evidence from civil service examinations of the early‐ and mid‐Ming dynasty
The civil service examination system emerged to strengthen the emperor's power by recruiting political elites through open examinations. Did it, during the early- and mid-Ming dynasty, facilitate intergenerational mobility? Rather than oversimplifying it as a single-stage system of meritocracy, we propose a two-stage evaluation framework. In the first stage, the Metropolitan Exam featured merit-based evaluations and generated credentials necessar…
Organizational imprinting and the welfare practice of Chinese state-owned enterprises
Drawing on a survey of randomly selected firms from 12 representative Chinese cities, we analyze the differences between Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and non-SOEs in their organizational welfare practices. We apply the organizational imprinting theory to explain these differences. The institutional environment during the firms’ founding period has a lasting effect on their current practices. Only the most significant changes in the inst…
Becoming Buddhists: The emergence of a prestigious temple
How does a novel organizational prototype come about and succeed to the point where it becomes recognized as an icon? To address this question, this article examines the organizational emergence of a prestigious temple. Drawing on interviews and content analysis of 6320 blog entries between 2006 and 2018, we identify how an organized way of practicing Buddhism emerged in China and trace its founding monks to students from two elite universities. …
Organizational imprinting and the welfare practice of Chinese state-owned enterprises
Drawing on a survey of randomly selected firms from 12 representative Chinese cities, we analyze the differences between Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and non-SOEs in their organizational welfare practices. We apply the organizational imprinting theory to explain these differences. The institutional environment during the firms’ founding period has a lasting effect on their current practices. Only the most significant changes in the inst…
Intergenerational mobility through inhabited meritocracy: Evidence from civil service examinations of the early‐ and mid‐Ming dynasty
The civil service examination system emerged to strengthen the emperor's power by recruiting political elites through open examinations. Did it, during the early- and mid-Ming dynasty, facilitate intergenerational mobility? Rather than oversimplifying it as a single-stage system of meritocracy, we propose a two-stage evaluation framework. In the first stage, the Metropolitan Exam featured merit-based evaluations and generated credentials necessar…
Becoming Buddhists: The emergence of a prestigious temple
How does a novel organizational prototype come about and succeed to the point where it becomes recognized as an icon? To address this question, this article examines the organizational emergence of a prestigious temple. Drawing on interviews and content analysis of 6320 blog entries between 2006 and 2018, we identify how an organized way of practicing Buddhism emerged in China and trace its founding monks to students from two elite universities. …
Revolving around political connections: The negative effect of government venture capital backing on IPO valuation
We examine how government venture capital (GVC)-a specific type of political connection-affected initial public offering (IPO) valuation. Contrary to the well-recognized benefits of political connections in channeling access to financial resources in China, our analysis of 959 IPOs between 2008 and 2014 suggests that GVC backing lowers IPO valuation. This baseline effect is moderated by other sources of political connection (e.g. government owner…
Networks rewired: Quota enforcement and the unintended mobilization of native place ties
We explore how institutional designs can have unintended consequences, especially by rewiring social networks. Using archival data on the civil-service examinations in historical China, we argue that the enforcement of a regional quota system in 1427 reshaped group boundaries along native place, turned emotional affinities for one’s hometown into political stakes, and reinforced the influence of native place ties among political elites. Analyzing…
Political science (5 works) · Economics (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Business (2 works) · China (2 works) · Corporate Finance and Governance (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Market economy (2 works) · Politics (2 works)