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The characteristics of firms targeted by foreign investors: evidence from the Asian financial crisis.

Leung Yuk Sze. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 127-131). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Abstract --- p.i / 摘要 --- p.ii / Acknowledgement --- p.iii / Table of Contents --- p.iv / Chapter 1 Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 2 Literature --- p.12 / Chapter 2.1 --- The Financial Characteristics of Target Firms --- p.12 / Chapter 2.2 --- Agency Problems in Emerging Markets --- p.15 / Chapter 2.3 --- The Ownership Characteristics of Target Firms --- p.17 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- Hypotheses --- p.21 / Chapter 3.1 --- The Financial Characteristics of Likely Targets --- p.23 / Chapter 3.2 --- Ownership Structure Characteristics and Takeovers --- p.27 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- Sample Construction --- p.33 / Chapter 4.1 --- Data Descriptions --- p.33 / Chapter 4.2 --- Variable Descriptions --- p.37 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- Regression Results on Financial Characteristics --- p.41 / Chapter 5.1 --- Methodology and Econometric Model --- p.41 / Chapter 5.2 --- Summary Statistics of Financial Variables --- p.43 / Chapter 5.3 --- The Financial Characteristics of Firms Targeted by Foreign Firms --- p.47 / Chapter 5.4 --- The Financial Characteristics of Firms Targeted by Foreign Firms during the Crisis Year --- p.50 / Chapter 5.5 --- The Financial Characteristics of Firms Targeted by Other Domestic Firms --- p.52 / Chapter Chapter 6 --- Regression Results on Governance Characteristics --- p.55 / Chapter 6.1 --- Methodology and Econometric Model --- p.55 / Chapter 6.2 --- Summery Statistics of Ownership Variables --- p.57 / Chapter 6.3 --- The Ownership Structure Characteristics of Target Firms during the Crisis --- p.60 / Chapter 6.4 --- Interaction between Liquidity and Corporate Governance Variables during the Crisis --- p.65 / Chapter 6.5 --- The Effects of Ownership Structures on the Likelihood of Foreign Acquisitions during the pre-Crisis Period --- p.69 / Chapter 6.6 --- The Ownership Structure Characteristics of Domestic Firms Targeted by Other Domestic Firms during the Crisis --- p.70 / Chapter Chapter 7 --- Discussion --- p.72 / Chapter 7.1 --- Additional Tests --- p.72 / Chapter 7.2 --- A Diagnostic Test --- p.74 / Chapter 7.3 --- Explanations and Limitations --- p.75 / Chapter Chapter 8 --- Conclusion --- p.78

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_325382
Date January 2005
ContributorsLeung, Yuk Sze., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Economics.
Source SetsThe Chinese University of Hong Kong
LanguageEnglish, Chinese
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeText, bibliography
Formatprint, vii, 131 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
CoverageAsia, Asia, Asia
RightsUse of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

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