Corporate social responsibility, investor protection, and earnings management: Some international evidence

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 79, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 179-198

  Chih, Hsiang Lin ^a,b   Shen, Chung Hua ^c   Kang, Feng Ching ^d  

^a Department of Cooperative Economics ^*

^b NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Corporate social responsibility (CSR); Earnings management; Earnings opacity; Investor protection

Indexed keywords

EID: 43749122577     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-007-9383-7     Document Type: Article

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