Privatization through an overseas listing: Evidence from China's H-share firms

Financial Management

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 5-30

  Jia, Jin ^a   Sun, Qian ^b   Tong, Wilson H S ^c  

^a MOTOROLA INC   (United States)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 28444431568     PISSN: 00463892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-053X.2005.tb00108.x     Document Type: Article

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