The effects of corporate governance on the informativeness of earnings

Economics of Governance

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 129-152

  Petra, Steven T ^a  

^a HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Board of directors G390; Corporate governance G300; Earnings informativeness G140

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846988295     PISSN: 14356104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10101-006-0018-8     Document Type: Article

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