Investment opportunity set, political connection and business policies of private enterprises in China

Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 367-389

  Chow, Clement Kong Wing ^a   Fung, Michael Ka Yiu ^b   Lam, Kevin C K ^b   Sami, Heibatollah ^c  

^a LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business policies; China; Investment opportunity; JEL classification G32; Political connection; Private enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858701952     PISSN: 0924865X     EISSN: 15737179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11156-011-0231-6     Document Type: Article

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