State control, legal investor protection, and ownership concentration: Evidence from China

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 176-192

  Wu, Shinong ^b   Xu, Nianhang ^a   Yuan, Qingbo ^c  

^a Peking University   (China)

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

China; Corporate Governance; Legal Effectiveness; Shareholder Rights; State Owned Enterprise

Indexed keywords

EID: 62249199163     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2009.00731.x     Document Type: Article

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