Can corporate governance deter management from manipulating earnings? Evidence from related-party sales transactions in China

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 225-235

  Lo, Agnes W Y ^a   Wong, Raymond M K ^b   Firth, Michael ^a  

^a LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Earnings management; Transfer pricing

Indexed keywords

EID: 76749103350     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2009.11.002     Document Type: Article

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