Corporate governance and earnings management at large U.S. bank holding companies

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 412-430

  Cornett, Marcia Millon ^a   McNutt, Jamie John ^b   Tehranian, Hassan ^c  

^a BENTLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Earnings management; Financial institutions; Financial performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649460614     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2009.04.003     Document Type: Article

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