Helping hand or grabbing hand central vs. Local government shareholders in Chinese listed firms

Review of Finance

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 669-694

  Cheung, Yan Leung ^a   Rau, P Raghavendra ^b   Stouraitis, Aris ^c  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 77958549667     PISSN: 15723097     EISSN: 1573692X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rof/rfp024     Document Type: Article

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