Tunneling and propping: A justification for pyramidal ownership

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2178-2187

  Riyanto, Yohanes E ^a   Toolsema, Linda A ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Business groups; Ownership structure; Propping; Pyramids; Tunneling

Indexed keywords

EID: 51349121609     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2007.12.044     Document Type: Article

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