Institutions, ownership, and finance: The determinants of profit reinvestment among Chinese firms

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 117-146

  Cull, Robert ^a   Xu, Lixin Colin ^a,b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b Peking University   (China)

Author keywords

Banking; China; Investment; Property rights

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444461207     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2004.05.010     Document Type: Article

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