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This article examines Chinese reverse mergers (RMs), historically a popular method for Chinese companies to enter the United States capital markets. The authors develop a regression model to identify the characteristics associated with successful Chinese RM companies and compare their long term performance to other benchmarks, to include U.S. reverse mergers, Chinese cross-listed firms and the Russell 2000.
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Charles W. DuVal is an Assistant Professor of Finance in the Barnett School of Business at Florida Southern College, Lakeland, FL 33801. He earned his Ph.D. in business administration with a concentration in finance from Old Dominion University in 2012.s
Will Quilliam is an Associate Professor of Accounting in the Barnett School of Business at Florida Southern College, Lakeland, FL 33801 USA. He earned his Ph.D. in accounting from the University of Florida in 1991.
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DuVal, C., Quilliam, W. A Study of Chinese Reverse Mergers in United States Capital Markets. GSTF J Bus Rev 4, 14 (2015). https://doi.org/10.7603/s40706-015-0014-5
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