Controlling-minority shareholder incentive conflicts and directors' and officers' liability insurance: Evidence from China

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2636-2645

  Zou, Hong ^a   Wong, Sonia ^b   Shum, Clement ^b   Xiong, Jun ^a   Yan, Jun ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c Ping An Insurance   (China)

Author keywords

China; D O insurance; Expropriation; Private securities litigation; Tunneling

Indexed keywords

EID: 55149094310     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2008.05.015     Document Type: Article

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