Corporate governance and firm value during the global financial crisis: Evidence from China

International Review of Financial Analysis

Volumn 21, Issue , 2012, Pages 70-80

  Liu, Chunyan ^a   Uchida, Konari ^a   Yang, Yufeng ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Corporate governance; Financial crisis; Managerial ownership; State owned enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862819743     PISSN: 10575219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.irfa.2011.11.002     Document Type: Article

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