Global ranking of accounting programmes and the elite effect in accounting research

Accounting and Finance

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 187-220

  Chan, Kam C ^a   Chen, Carl R ^b   Cheng, Louis T W ^c  

^a WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Accounting research; Elite effect; Institutional ranking

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250173124     PISSN: 08105391     EISSN: 1467629X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-629X.2007.00234.x     Document Type: Article

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