On the association between institutional ownership and aggressive corporate earnings management in Australia

British Accounting Review

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 105-128

  Koh, Ping Sheng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Discretionary accruals; Earnings management; Institutional investors

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037670661     PISSN: 08908389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0890-8389(03)00014-3     Document Type: Article

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