Nonnegotiable shares, controlling shareholders, and dividend payments in China

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 122-133

  Huang, Juan Juan ^a   Shen, Yifeng ^a   Sun, Qian ^b  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cash dividends; Controlling shareholders; Downside flexibility; Nonnegotiable shares

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649912626     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2010.09.007     Document Type: Article

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