Dividends for tunneling in a regulated economy: The case of China

Pacific Basin Finance Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 209-223

  Chen, Donghua ^a   Jian, Ming ^b   Xu, Ming ^c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Dividends; Regulations; Tunneling

Indexed keywords

EID: 59649109164     PISSN: 0927538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pacfin.2008.05.002     Document Type: Article

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