The Link Between Earnings Timeliness, Earnings Conservatism and Board Composition: Evidence from the UK

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-59

  Beekes, Wendy ^a   Pope, Peter ^a   Young, Steven ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accounting quality; Board composition; Corporate governance

Indexed keywords

EID: 1142266539     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2004.00342.x     Document Type: Review

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