The Influence of Family Ownership on the Quality of Accounting Information

Family Business Review

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 246-265

  Cascino, Stefano ^a   Pugliese, Amedeo ^b   Mussolino, Donata ^c   Sansone, Chiara ^d  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^d Bank of New York Mellon   (Belgium)

Author keywords

accounting quality; earnings attributes; family firms; financial reporting

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955871783     PISSN: 08944865     EISSN: 17416248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894486510374302     Document Type: Article

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