Controlling shareholder, expropriations and firm's leverage decision: Evidence from Chinese Non-tradable share reform

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 782-803

  Liu, Qigui ^a   Tian, Gary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chinese non tradable share reform; Excess control rights; Leverage decision; Tunneling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863002550     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2012.06.002     Document Type: Article

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