Does control-ownership divergence impair market liquidity in an emerging market? Evidence from China

Accounting and Finance

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 881-910

  Chu, Xiaojun ^a   Liu, Qigui ^b   Tian, Gary Gang ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chinese NTS reform; Control ownership divergence; Emerging markets; Market liquidity; State ownership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930278054     PISSN: 08105391     EISSN: 1467629X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acfi.12073     Document Type: Article

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