Political connections and the long-term stock performance of Chinese IPOs

Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 814-833

  Liu, Jianlei ^a   Uchida, Konari ^a   Gao, Ruidong ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

China; Initial public offerings; Long term underperformance; Political connections; Regulations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863323689     PISSN: 10424431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intfin.2012.05.005     Document Type: Article

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