What affects accounting conservatism: A corporate governance perspective

Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-59

  Chi, Wuchun ^a   Liu, Chiawen ^b   Wang, Taychang ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Conservatism; Contracting; Corporate governance

Indexed keywords

EID: 71749096201     PISSN: 18155669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcae.2009.06.001     Document Type: Article

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