Dark side of institutional shareholder activism in emerging markets: Evidence from China's split share structure reform

Asia-Pacific Journal of Financial Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 240-260

  Zeng, Yamin ^a   Yuan, Qingbo ^b   Zhang, Junsheng ^c  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Majority shareholders; Institutional investors; Shareholder activism; Split share structure reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855221941     PISSN: 12261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-6156.2011.01041.x     Document Type: Article

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