The geography of equity listing: Why do companies list abroad?

Journal of Finance

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 2651-2694

  Pagano, Marco ^a   Röell, Ailsa A ^b   Zechner, Josef ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

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EID: 0013467834     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1540-6261.00509     Document Type: Article

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