An overview and assessment of the reform of the non-tradable shares of Chinese state-owned enterprise A-share issuers

Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41-56

  McGuinness, Paul B ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Government policy; Shareholder value analysis; Shareholders; Shares

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949314611     PISSN: 13581988     EISSN: 17400279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13581980910934036     Document Type: Article

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