Is China's corporate governance beginning to come of age? The case of CEO turnover

Pacific Basin Finance Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 105-120

  Fan, Dennis K K ^a   Lau, Chung Ming ^a   Young, Michael ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

CEO turnover; Chinese firms; Corporate governance; Transitional economy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947279343     PISSN: 0927538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pacfin.2006.08.001     Document Type: Article

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