The effect of board composition on the informativeness and quality of annual earnings: Empirical evidence from Greece

Research in International Business and Finance

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 190-205

  Dimitropoulos, Panagiotis E ^b   Asteriou, Dimitrios ^a  

^a HELLENIC OPEN UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PELOPONNESE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Accounting quality; Corporate governance; Earnings informativeness; Greece

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949261468     PISSN: 02755319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ribaf.2009.12.001     Document Type: Article

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