The role of state and foreign owners in corporate risk-taking: Evidence from privatization

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 641-658

  Boubakri, Narjess ^a   Cosset, Jean Claude ^b   Saffar, Walid ^c  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

^b HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Privatization; Risk taking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877609814     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2012.12.007     Document Type: Article

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