Use of loan loss provisions for capital, earnings management and signalling by Australian banks

Accounting and Finance

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 357-379

  Anandarajan, Asokan ^a   Hasan, Iftekhar ^b   McCarthy, Cornelia ^c  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Australian banks; Capital management; Earnings management; Signalling

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548651038     PISSN: 08105391     EISSN: 1467629X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-629X.2007.00220.x     Document Type: Article

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