The private benefits of control in Chinese listed firms: Do cash flow rights always reduce controlling shareholders' tunneling?

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 499-518

  Luo, Jin hui ^a   Wan, Di fang ^a   Cai, Di ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Board independence; Cash flow rights; China; Corporate governance; Private benefits of control (PBC); Tunneling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861483716     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-010-9211-y     Document Type: Article

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