EARNINGS MANAGEMENT IN ENGLISH NHS HOSPITAL TRUSTS

Financial Accountability and Management

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 421-440

  Ballantine, Joan ^a   Forker, John ^a   Greenwood, Margaret ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b Cheltenham Gloucester College of Higher Education   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

discretionary accruals; financial control; NHS Trusts

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350205844     PISSN: 02674424     EISSN: 14680408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0408.2007.00436.x     Document Type: Article

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