Earnings management and corporate governance in Asia's emerging markets

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 999-1021

  Shen, Chung Hua ^b   Chih, Hsiang Lin ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Earnings management; Emerging markets; Investor protection

Indexed keywords

EID: 34748899007     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2007.00624.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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