Does the stock market affect firm investment in China? A price informativeness perspective

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-62

  Wang, Yaping ^a   Wu, Liansheng ^a   Yang, Yunhong ^a  

^a Peking University   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese economy; Firm level investment; Informativeness; Tobin's Q

Indexed keywords

EID: 56249105126     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2006.12.013     Document Type: Article

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