The corporate purchase of property insurance: Chinese evidence

Journal of Financial Intermediation

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 165-196

  Zou, Hong ^a   Adams, Mike B ^b  

^a LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Corporate sector; People's Republic of China; Property insurance

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644807925     PISSN: 10429573     EISSN: 10960473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfi.2004.06.007     Document Type: Article

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