How does government ownership affect firm performance? Evidence from China's privatization experience

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 29, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 1-27

  Sun, Qian ^a   Tong, Wilson H S ^b   Tong, Jing ^c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c Singapore Exchange Ltd   (Singapore)

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EID: 77951543951     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-5957.00422     Document Type: Article

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