The geography of equity listing and financial centre competition in mainland China and Hong Kong

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 899-922

  Karreman, Bas ^a   Van der knaap, Bert ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

China; Financial centre competition; Hong Kong; Stock listing

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; FINANCIAL SERVICES; INDUSTRIAL COMPETITION; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; STATE OWNED ENTERPRISE; STOCK MARKET;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; HONG KONG; SHANGHAI; SHENZHEN;

EID: 84863426959     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: 14682710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbr046     Document Type: Article

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