Floating the Nonfloatables in China's Stock Market: Theory and Design

Alan Guoming Huang and Hung-Gay Fung

Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, 2005, vol. 41, issue 5, 6-26

Abstract: This study explains the conflict of interest between the majority stockholders, who have nonfloatable shares, and the minority stockholders, who have floatable shares in China's stock market. The growth of the Chinese financial markets is seriously constrained given the market segmentation of the two classes of stocks. This study provides a dynamic valuation model that motivates controlling stockholders to convert their nonfloatable shares to floatable shares and illustrates how a security design is able to float these shares. Issues on how to improve future corporate governance in China are also discussed.

Keywords: Chinese stock markets; float; nonfloatable shares; security design (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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