Cross-listing, firm-specific information, and corporate governance: Evidence from Chinese A-shares and H-shares

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 32, Issue , 2015, Pages 347-362

  Li, Shan ^a   Brockman, Paul ^b,c   Zurbruegg, Ralf ^c  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Cross listing; Firm specific information

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949810517     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2014.10.008     Document Type: Article

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