Corporate governance and earnings management in the Chinese listed companies: A tunneling perspective

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 881-906

  Liu, Qiao ^a  

^a Joe)   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Agency problems; Corporate governance; Earnings management; Tunneling

Indexed keywords

EID: 36349034500     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2007.07.003     Document Type: Article

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