Accountability and value enhancement roles of corporate governance

Accounting and Finance

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 305-333

  Koh, Ping Sheng ^a   Laplante, Stacie Kelley ^b   Tong, Yen H ^c  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Abnormal accruals; Accountability; Corporate governance; Future performance; Value enhancement

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250200471     PISSN: 08105391     EISSN: 1467629X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-629X.2006.00207.x     Document Type: Article

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