Labor market consequences of accounting fraud

Corporate Governance

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 321-333

  Hoi, Chun Keung ^a   Robin, Ashok ^a  

^a ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accounting; Boards of Directors; Corporate governance; Fraud; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953978616     PISSN: 14720701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14720701011051947     Document Type: Article

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