“…In addition, the political theory argues that governmental pursuit of political intentions (e.g., employment rate, bribes) can reduce public enterprise efficiency (Shleifer & Vishny, 1998). Both theories shape an expectation that state‐owned firms tend to be inferior in performance due to non‐profit motivations and resource misallocation for political purposes, especially in countries with high economic uncertainty (Huang, Jiang, Liu, & Zhang, 2011; Lin, Doan, & Doong, 2016).…”