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ajfa-11129	Fan, Hong; Chen, Liqiang	Politically Connected Independent Directors and Effective Tax Rates in China	2017	18	.pdf	application/pdf	7317	317	50	By 2013, independent board directors who were retired government officials were receiving considerable attention from the media because the public questioned their legitimacy.2Investors were concerned that officials might bestow unearned benefits on firms before retiring from the government to secure positions as independent directors because the salary for an independent director is significant. First, our study contributes to the understanding of the role of independent board directors in China, which is understudied in the literature (Wang, 2015).	cache/ajfa-11129.pdf	txt/ajfa-11129.txt