Profiting from government stakes in a command economy: Evidence from Chinese asset sales

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 399-412

  Calomiris, Charles W ^a   Fisman, Raymond ^a   Wang, Yongxiang ^a,b,c  

^a The Sanford C Bernstein Co Center for Leadership and Ethics   (United States)

^b RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^c JIANGXI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese economy; Government ownership; Political connections; Privatization

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952887374     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2010.02.004     Document Type: Article

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