Ethical management, corporate governance, and abnormal accruals

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 469-487

  Huang, Pinghsun ^a   Louwers, Timothy J ^b   Moffitt, Jacquelyn Sue ^c   Zhang, Yan ^d  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accrual management; Corporate governance; Earnings smoothing; Ethical management

Indexed keywords

EID: 55349135931     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-007-9632-9     Document Type: Article

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