Regulations, earnings management, and post-IPO performance: The Chinese evidence

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 63-76

  Kao, Jennifer L ^a   Wu, Donghui ^b   Yang, Zhifeng ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Earnings management; Initial public offerings; Regulations

Indexed keywords

EID: 56249099405     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2007.03.016     Document Type: Article

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