Private vs state ownership and earnings management: Evidence from Chinese listed companies

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 223-238

  Ding, Yuan ^a   Zhang, Hua ^a   Zhang, Junxi ^b  

^a CHINA EUROPE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Corporate governance; Earnings management; Ownership

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947268629     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2007.00556.x     Document Type: Article

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