International Listing as a Means to Mobilize the Benefits of Financial Globalization: Micro-level Evidence from China

World Development

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 825-838

  Tobin, Damian ^a   Sun, Laixiang ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; corporate governance; East Asia; globalization; International listing; regulatory competition

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL MARKET; COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); CORPORATE STRATEGY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; GLOBALIZATION; INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 61849108750     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2008.07.013     Document Type: Article

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