Political connections and the process of going public: Evidence from China

Journal of International Money and Finance

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 696-719

  Francis, Bill B ^a   Hasan, Iftekhar ^a,b   Sun, Xian ^c  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BANK OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^c OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emerging markets; IPO; Political connections

Indexed keywords

EID: 64749097052     PISSN: 02615606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jimonfin.2009.01.002     Document Type: Article

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