Investing in Emerging Equity Markets: The Case of Chinese ADRs versus B Shares

Multinational Business Review

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 83-98

  Ursel, Nancy ^a   Lin, Xiaohua ^b   li, Jessica ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c GE Infrastructure   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ADRs; China; Direct investment; Shares; Stock exchange

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350296012     PISSN: 1525383X     EISSN: 20541686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/1525383X200600010     Document Type: Review

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