Timeliness and Conservatism of Taiwanese Earnings

Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 113-134

  Basu, Sudipta ^a   Huang, Alex Yuan Fu ^b   Mitsudome, Toshiaki ^c   Weintrop, Joseph ^d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Taiwan Institute of Economic Research   (Taiwan)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

control; enforcement; ownership; ownership structure; shareholder lawsuits

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349736683     PISSN: 16081625     EISSN: 21642257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16081625.2005.10510654     Document Type: Article

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