Cross-listing in the U.S. and domestic investor protection

Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 413-436

  O'Connor, Thomas G ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Dividend policy; International cross listing; Legal bonding

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745840159     PISSN: 10629769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.qref.2006.02.008     Document Type: Article

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