Retained state shareholding in Chinese PLCs: Does government ownership always reduce corporate value?

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 74-89

  Tian, Lihui ^a   Estrin, Saul ^b  

^a Peking University   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Corporate governance; Government shareholding

Indexed keywords

EID: 40649126313     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: 10957227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2007.10.003     Document Type: Article

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