Investor perceptions of the benefits of political connections: Evidence from China's A-share premiums

International Journal of Managerial Finance

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 312-331

  Yang, Fan ^a   Wilson, Craig ^a   Wu, Zhenyu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

A share premium; B share discount; Chinese stocks; Political connections; State ownership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902458482     PISSN: 17439132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJMF-08-2012-0093     Document Type: Article

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