Friend or foe? The role of state and mutual Fund ownership in the split share structure reform in China

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 685-706

  Firth, Michael ^a   Lin, Chen ^b   Zou, Hong ^b  

^a LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 78650283089     PISSN: 00221090     EISSN: 17566916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022109010000190     Document Type: Article

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