Corporate governance quality and financial leverage: Evidence from China

International Review of Financial Analysis - Tập 73 - Trang 101652 - 2021
Mengling Zhou1, Kexin Li1, Zhongfei Chen1
1School of Economics, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510632, China

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