State-owned enterprises going public: The case of China

Economics of Transition

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 467-487

  Wang, Xiaozu ^a   Xu, Lixin Colin ^b   Zhu, Tian ^c  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

^c HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Public listing; Reform; State owned enterprises

Indexed keywords

FIRM OWNERSHIP; PROFITABILITY; REFORM PROCESS; STATE OWNED ENTERPRISE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 4444348242     PISSN: 09670750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0967-0750.2004.00189.x     Document Type: Article

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