Culture's consequences in controlling agency costs: Egyptian evidence

Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 19-32

  HassabElnaby, Hassan R ^a   Mosebach, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency costs; Debt covenants; National culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 15844406531     PISSN: 10619518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intaccaudtax.2005.01.003     Document Type: Article

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