Investment and the soft budget constraint in China

International Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 219-227

  Chow, Clement K W ^a   Song, Frank M ^b   Wong, Kit Pong ^b  

^a LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Investment cash flow sensitivities; Moral hazard; Soft budget constraints

Indexed keywords

EID: 75149159100     PISSN: 10590560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iref.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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