Are stronger executive incentives associated with cross-listing? Evidence from China

China Economic Review

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 150-160

  Chi, Wei ^a   Zhang, Haiyan ^a  

^a Tsinghua University   (China)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Cross listing; Executive compensation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649187513     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2009.12.002     Document Type: Article

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