Corporate philanthropy and bank loans in China

Pacific Basin Finance Journal

Volumn 35, Issue , 2015, Pages 402-424

  Chen, Donghua ^a   Jiang, Dequan ^b   Yu, Xin ^c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bank loans; China; Corporate philanthropy; SOEs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947870069     PISSN: 0927538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pacfin.2015.03.004     Document Type: Article

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