Financing constraints, ownership control, and cross-border m&as: Evidence from nine east asian economies

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 665-680

  Chen, Yenn Ru ^a   Huang, Yu Lin ^a   Chen, Chun Nan ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Asian Economies; Corporate Governance; Cross Border M As; Financing Constraints; Ownership Control

Indexed keywords

EID: 73149100089     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2009.00770.x     Document Type: Article

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