Expropriation of Minority Investors in Chinese Listed Firms: The Role of Internal and External Corporate Governance Mechanisms

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 308-332

  Huyghebaert, Nancy ^a   Wang, Lihong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Board composition; Corporate governance; Institutional quality; Minority rights; Ownership mechanisms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859990653     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2012.00909.x     Document Type: Article

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