Does corporate governance risk at home affect investment choices abroad?

Journal of International Economics

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 25-41

  Kim, Woochan ^a   Sung, Taeyoon ^b   Wei, Shang Jin ^c,d,e,f  

^a Korea Development Institute   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^c Graduate School of Business ^*  (United States)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e CIER ^*  (China)

^f CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asian financial crisis; Corporate governance; Foreign portfolio investment

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; DATA SET; FINANCIAL CRISIS; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; OWNERSHIP;

KOREA;

EID: 80052261267     PISSN: 00221996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinteco.2011.03.009     Document Type: Article

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