When bank loans are bad news: Evidence from market reactions to loan announcements under the risk of expropriation

Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 233-252

  Huang, Weihua ^a   Schwienbacher, Armin ^b   Zhao, Shan ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

Bank loans; Bank monitoring; Expropriation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857110400     PISSN: 10424431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intfin.2011.09.004     Document Type: Article

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