Government ownership and the performance of government-linked companies: The case of Singapore

Journal of Multinational Financial Management

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 64-88

  Ang, James S ^a   Ding, David K ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Government ownership; Government linked corporations

Indexed keywords

EID: 31644436479     PISSN: 1042444X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mulfin.2005.04.010     Document Type: Article

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