Impact of family dominance on monitoring of earnings management by audit committees: Evidence from Hong Kong

Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-50

  Jaggi, Bikki ^a   Leung, Sidney ^b  

^a Rutgers University   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Audit committee; Discretionary accruals; Earnings management; Family dominance; Ownership Concentration

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847139690     PISSN: 10619518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intaccaudtax.2007.01.003     Document Type: Article

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