Corporate governance and the quality of accounting earnings: A Canadian perspective

International Journal of Managerial Finance

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 302-327

  Niu, Flora F ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accounting; Corporate governance; Earnings

Indexed keywords

EID: 69549117553     PISSN: 17439132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17439130610705508     Document Type: Article

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