One-child policy and family firms in China

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 33, Issue , 2015, Pages 317-329

  Cao, Jerry ^a   Cumming, Douglas ^b   Wang, Xiaoming ^c  

^a SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

Control; Dynastic management; Family firms; G32; J12; One child policy; Succession; Z19

Indexed keywords

EID: 84943818465     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2015.01.005     Document Type: Article

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