Tunneling and propping up: An analysis of related party transactions by Chinese listed companies

Pacific Basin Finance Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 372-393

  Cheung, Yan Leung ^a   Jing, Lihua ^a   Lu, Tong ^b   Rau, P Raghavendra ^c   Stouraitis, Aris ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; International corporate governance; Propping; Related party transactions; Tunneling

Indexed keywords

EID: 62149094362     PISSN: 0927538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pacfin.2008.10.001     Document Type: Article

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