Should earnings thresholds be used as delisting criteria in stock market?

Journal of Accounting and Public Policy

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 409-419

  Jiang, Guohua ^a   Wang, Hansheng ^a  

^a Peking University   (China)

Author keywords

Delisting; Law and finance; Special treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 50649125778     PISSN: 02784254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaccpubpol.2008.07.002     Document Type: Article

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