Business groups in China

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 166-192

  He, Jia ^a,b,c   Mao, Xinyang ^d   Rui, Oliver M ^e   Zha, Xiaolei ^f  

^a SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^e CHINA EUROPE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (China)

^f NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Business groups; Financial constraints; Institutional environment; Risk sharing; Ultimate owner

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879825397     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2013.05.001     Document Type: Article

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