Does the presence of institutional investors influence accruals management? Evidence from Australia

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 809-823

  Hsu, Grace C M ^a   Koh, Ping Sheng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Discretionary accruals; Earnings management; Institutional investors

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744581137     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2005.00472.x     Document Type: Article

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