Tunneling, propping, and expropriation: evidence from connected party transactions in Hong Kong

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 343-386

  Cheung, Yan Leung ^a   Rau, P Raghavendra ^b   Stouraitis, Aris ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Connected transactions; Expropriation; International corporate governance; Legal systems; Propping; Pyramids; Tunneling

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749127008     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2004.08.012     Document Type: Article

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