Does cross-listing facilitate changes in corporate ownership and control?

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 208-223

  Ayyagari, Meghana ^a   Doidge, Craig ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cross listing; Ownership structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350362046     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2009.07.012     Document Type: Article

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