Evaluating the evaluators: Should investors trust corporate governance metrics ratings?

Journal of Management and Governance

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 111-128

  Koehn, Daryl ^a   Ueng, Joe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Board of directors; Corporate governance; Earnings quality; Ethics; Rating agencies

Indexed keywords

EID: 23744463234     PISSN: 13853457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10997-005-4027-8     Document Type: Article

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