Does top executive gender diversity affect earnings quality? A large sample analysis of Chinese listed firms

Advances in Accounting

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-54

  Ye, Kangtao ^a   Zhang, Ran ^b   Rezaee, Zabihollah ^c  

^a Renmin University of China   (China)

^b Peking University   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Business ethics; Corporate governance; Earnings quality; Emerging markets; Female senior managers; Gender difference

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952584454     PISSN: 08826110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adiac.2010.02.008     Document Type: Article

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