Earnings management behaviors under different economic environments: Evidence from Japanese banks

International Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 429-443

  Agarwal, Sumit ^a   Chomsisengphet, Souphala ^b   Liu, Chunlin ^c   Ghon Rhee, S ^d  

^a Bank of America   (United States)

^b OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Earnings management; Loan loss provision; Security gains

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447538291     PISSN: 10590560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iref.2005.08.003     Document Type: Article

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