Shareholder rights, corporate governance and earnings quality: The influence of institutional investors

Managerial Auditing Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 767-791

  Jiang, Wei ^a   Anandarajan, Asokan ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Earnings; Shareholders

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349622833     PISSN: 02686902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02686900910986402     Document Type: Article

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