The role of bank monitoring in corporate governance: Evidence from borrowers' earnings management behavior

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 425-434

  Ahn, Sungyoon ^a   Choi, Wooseok ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bank loans; Bank monitoring; Corporate governance; Earnings management

Indexed keywords

EID: 56749107223     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2008.08.013     Document Type: Article

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