Does corporate control determine the cross-listing location?

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 183-199

  Abdallah, Wissam ^a   Goergen, Marc ^b,c  

^a LEBANESE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c European Corporate Governance Institute   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Corporate control; Corporate governance; Cross listing; G32; G34; G39; Investor protection

Indexed keywords

EID: 44649145171     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2008.03.003     Document Type: Article

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