The effects of ownership concentration and corporate debt on corporate divestitures in Chinese listed firms

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 95-114

  Wu, Jianfeng ^a   Xu, Dean ^b   Phan, Phillip H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b CHINA EUROPE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (China)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Corporate debt; Corporate divestitures; Ownership concentration; Principal principal conflicts; State control

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751591593     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-010-9208-6     Document Type: Article

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