Ownership structure, corporate governance, and fraud: Evidence from China

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 424-448

  Chen, Gongmeng ^a   Firth, Michael ^b   Gao, Daniel N ^a,c   Rui, Oliver M ^d  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China's enforcement actions; Corporate governance; Fraud; Ownership

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645857955     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2005.09.002     Document Type: Article

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