Market reactions to the Hong Kong trading suspensions: Mandatory versus voluntary

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 25, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 419-437

  Wu, Lifan ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 0041722271     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-5957.00195     Document Type: Article

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